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Jun 15, 2025

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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
🕵️‍♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
📖 Book of the Week
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
📢Tips
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📅Events

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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources

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📖 Book of the Week

From Handshake to Closing: The Role of the Commercial Real Estate Lawyer

⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates

Federal Agencies

State Regulatory Changes

📰Several States Change Vendors Involved in Licensing Process
- Iowa will be using Fieldprint to conduct the fingerprinting and federal criminal history checks for insurance licensing requirements - Effective June 02, 2025 (more information)
- California announced they will use Capital Live Scan (CLS) as the new fingerprinting vendor for resident license applicants - Effective February 17, 2025
- New Hampshire has switched its insurance licensing vendor to PSI Services LLC - Effective July 1, 2025
- North Dakota switching from using Pearson VUE as the exam vendor to PSI - Effective August 1, 2025

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