All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 24 2006 // The South Dakota Crow Creek Tribal School is in danger of closing because an insurance company has not settled the school’s claims from a fire that destroyed the student dormitory at the campus in Stephan a year ago,...
Mar 20 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is saying it plans to work with a broad-based coalition in South Dakota to defeat a statewide judicial ballot initiative on the November ballot that would allow...
Feb 27 2006 // The South Dakota legislature recently passed Senate Bill 44 creating a file-and-use system for insurance rates in that state, according to the American Insurance Association.“The South Dakota Legislature took a...
Feb 6 2006 // Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud Associated Press account. Wingler was scheduled to go to trial but he decided in court to change his plea to guilty to six of the 13 charges against him. The...
Feb 5 2006 // Fraud RoundupWhen thinking of satellite images most think of in terms of space exploration, but not as showing up in courtrooms to help prosecutors prove crop insurance fraud. Now the Agriculture Department’s Risk...
Feb 1 2006 // Workers in South Dakota with medical bills from job-related injuries or illnesses could find it easier to recover expenses by using a procedure similar to small claims court, according to an Associated Press story.The...
Jan 23 2006 // A former South Dakota insurance agent has changed his plea in a fraud case. Ryan Wingler, 33, of Sioux Falls, is accused of taking more than $170,000 from elderly South Dakota customers between 2004 and 2005 while acting...
Jan 18 2006 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has determined that ice and snow storms hitting South Dakota last November did not cause enough damage to private property to qualify for an overall federal disaster designation, but...
Dec 19 2005 // A federal district court judge in South Dakota ruled that the state’s countersignature law is unconstitutional. The ruling means that 50 states have taken action to eliminate the countersignature requirement,...
Dec 18 2005 // A federal district court judge in South Dakota ruled that the state’s countersignature law is unconstitutional. The ruling means that 50 states have taken action to eliminate the countersignature requirement,...
Nov 30 2005 // A federal district court judge in South Dakota ruled this week that the state’s countersignature law is unconstitutional. The ruling means that 50 states have taken action to eliminate the countersignature...
Oct 17 2005 // S.D. Farm Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Scheme: A Rapid City, S.D. couple has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government out of more than $1.3 million in farm benefits.Connie...
Oct 3 2005 // Insurance representatives and legislators in South Dakota are concerned about how the state Division of Insurance is conducting its investigations in light of an ongoing conflict between the DOI and two life/health...
Oct 3 2005 // Insurance representatives and legislators in South Dakota are concerned about how the state Division of Insurance is conducting its investigations in light of an ongoing conflict between the DOI and two life/health...
Sep 23 2005 // According to the NAIC’s “State Average Expenditures & Premiums for Personal Auto Insurance in 2003,” North Dakota drivers enjoy the lowest average auto insurance premiums in the nation.North...
Sep 15 2005 // South Dakota state legislators have asked Division of Insurance officials to explain how they investigate agents and companies, and how they resolve conflicts with them, after hearing complaints this week from two...
Aug 29 2005 // About $3 million was returned to South Dakota consumers in fiscal year 2005 from the South Dakota Division of Insurance’s consumer assistance program, according to the department’s division director. According...
Jul 20 2005 // A Sioux Falls insurance executive has been appointed as the new director of the South Dakota Division of Insurance, the Argus Leader reported.Merle Scheiber will take over on Aug. 18 after departing his current position at...
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne SahakianProperty/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty...
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...