All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2013 // The state Insurance Division says a South Dakota-based insurance company has agreed to pay a penalty of $25,000 and comply with insurance laws and regulations.The division says it has completed an examination of ReliaMax...
Jul 16 2013 // The South Dakota Supreme Court says a Sioux Falls company does not have to pay workers’ compensation insurance benefits to the estate of an employee who was shot and killed by her estranged husband in the...
Jul 15 2013 // An insurance company is suing a former South Dakota state legislator to recover nearly $10,000 in medical expenses over a mishap during a parade. The Daily Republic reports that State Farm Insurance is suing 65-year-old...
Jul 11 2013 // A Nebraska-based insurance company that is being fined $325,000 for violating South Dakota laws and regulations says it has taken steps to ensure it is in full compliance. Omaha-based Ability Insurance says in a statement...
Jul 10 2013 // South Dakota’s Division of Insurance has levied a $325,000 fine against a Nebraska-based insurer for violating South Dakota laws and regulations.It is the largest such fine in South Dakota history, Insurance Division...
Jul 2 2013 // A new South Dakota law prohibits beginning drivers from using cell phones while they are behind the wheel. South Dakota allows 14-year-olds to get instruction permits, the nation’s youngest age for driving while...
Jun 30 2013 // A department secretary’s report on the South Dakota Division of Insurance is recommending increased oversight from supervisors and the secretary, better staff communication and a new informal settlement process,...
Jun 25 2013 // A Nebraska couple accused of burning down a restaurant they owned in South Dakota to collect insurance money has been convicted of felony arson and reckless burning after a weeklong trial. Attorney General Marty Jackley...
Jun 6 2013 // Gov. Dennis Daugaard has asked South Dakota Labor Secretary Pam Roberts to review her agency’s procedures for investigating consumer complaints against insurance companies.The move comes after the Argus Leader...
May 6 2013 // An insurance company does not have to cover a Rapid City woman for a crash because her auto policy expired 12 hours before she hit four boys on their bicycles, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled.Tamara Bradford pleaded...
Apr 25 2013 // A lawsuit alleging a Rapid City credit union and an insurance company improperly raised the rates for insurance that makes loan payments if borrowers become disabled should be handled as a class action, a lawyer for those...
Apr 22 2013 // An insurance company does not have to cover a Rapid City woman for a crash because her policy expired 12 hours before she hit four boys on their bicycles, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled.Tamara Bradford pleaded guilty...
Apr 11 2013 // A company run by a South Dakota state lawmaker that negotiates contracts between chiropractors and insurance companies has agreed to discontinue that portion of its business after federal regulators said it violated...
Apr 5 2013 // South Dakota officials will restrict the use of golf carts on the state fairgrounds to improve safety during this year’s State Fair.State Fair manager Jerome Hertel says an average of 30,000 people a day attend the...
Mar 18 2013 // South Dakota’s growth in personal income from 2000 to 2011 surpassed the growth rate for both the region and the nation, the South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation announced. South Dakota’s personal...
Mar 1 2013 // A South Dakota legislative committee has killed a bill that would have banned texting while driving statewide, despite sometimes-tearful testimony from people whose loved ones have been killed in texting-related wrecks.The...
Feb 28 2013 // A measure that prohibits beginning drivers from using cellphones or other electronic devices until they get unrestricted licenses at age 16 passed through a South Dakota House committee.But the Transportation Committee...
Feb 27 2013 // South Dakota officials say the number of traffic fatalities in the state were up in 2012, but below the average for the last 10 years. State Department of Transportation figures show there were 134 people killed on the...
Feb 21 2013 // A measure that would ban texting while driving was approved by the state Senate after supporters said South Dakota needs to join the 39 other states that prohibit the dangerous practice.Senators voted 24-9 to approve the...
Feb 20 2013 // It has come to the attention of the South Dakota Division of Insurance that uninsured motorist/underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage is not always included in personal umbrella policies, the department announced.Umbrella...