Latest South Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our South Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S.D. Court Says Insurance Does Not Cover Lawsuit on Wife Stealing
Oct 30 2007 // South Dakota’s public policy prevents insurance from covering damages in lawsuits against those accused of stealing another’s spouse, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The high court’s unanimous...
Federal Disaster Dollars Available for Parts of S.D. Damaged by Flooding
May 24 2007 // Federal disaster dollars will be available for parts of South Dakota damaged by flooding earlier this month, the White House said earlier this week. The declaration will make federal funds available to supplement state and...
S. D. State Disaster Funds Replenished with $1.5 Million
Mar 13 2007 // A state account that is used to pay for the cost of responding to natural disasters in South Dakota has been replenished by the Legislature to the tune of $1.5 million dollars. The money will be spent to handle remaining...
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‘J.A.I.L. for Judges’ amendment soundly defeated in S.D.
Nov 20 2006 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said that common sense triumphed in South Dakota with the sound defeat of Amendment E, the so-called...
S.D. Announces New Online Enhancements for Insurers, Agents
Nov 15 2006 // Insurance carriers, agencies, and producers will be able to connect with the South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation, Division of Insurance 24 hours a day, thanks to an agreement signed recently with a national...
S. D. J.A.I.L. for Judges Amendment Soundly Defeated
Nov 8 2006 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said today that common sense triumphed in South Dakota with the sound defeat of Amendment E, the so-called...
S.D. Amendment Allowing Judges to be Sued Opposed by Insurer Trades
Jul 14 2006 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) said today that South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long’s official explanation of a proposed constitutional...
S.D. State Fatality Rate High
Jun 20 2006 // The death rate on South Dakota roads last year improved slightly. At 2.2 fatalities for every 100 million miles driven, the death rate fell 4 percent. But it was significantly higher than the national average of 1.5...
S.D. Surpreme Court Rules Couple Can Collect from Two Insurance Policies
Jun 12 2006 // A couple injured in a crash caused by an uninsured driver can collect from two insurance policies, both their own and the one that covered the vehicle they were riding in, the South Dakota Supreme Court said its...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
S.D. Supreme Court Asked to Reinstate Lawsuit on Hospital Pricing
May 26 2006 // The South Dakota Supreme Court was asked earlier this week to reinstate two class-action lawsuits that allege two hospital systems charge unreasonable prices to patients who are not covered by health insurance or...
Insurance Settlement Reached To Save S.D. Tribal School
May 4 2006 // The future of the Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota has been assured because a settlement has been reached with an insurance company for the fire that destroyed the student dormitory a year ago, officials said. Gov....
S.D. Tribal School Waits for Insurance Settlement from St. Paul Travelers
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,...
National Insurer Group Opposes S.D. Judicial Ballot Initiative
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...
AIA Praises S.D. Bill Creating File-and-Use Rating System
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...
Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud
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...
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud
Feb 5 2006 // Fraud Roundup When 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...
South Dakota Officials Consider Speedy Claims Process for Injured Workers
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...
