CII postpones April exams - Financial planning RO6 and pension transfers AF7 set for July

Follows government announcement

Tom Ellis
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The Chartered Insurance Institute is postponing exams that were set to be taking place on the 20, 21 and 22 of April.

The professional body said April exams will be postponed until October aside from two - RO6 (financial planning practice) and AF7 (pension transfers), which will instead provisionally take place in July. It said it would confirm the dates with candidates in due course. The postponement of exams follows the government's announcement that everyone should cease non-essential contact and unneccesary travel in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. However, it said multiple-choice exams, with less than 25 candidates at each sitting, will still go ahead as per government guidance. ...

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