The director may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, concerning requirements, qualifications, and criteria for receiving credit for reinsurance, surplus amounts, accreditation of a reinsurer, certification of a reinsurer, minimum levels for reinsurer capital and surplus, financial rating of reinsurers, recognition and appraisal of qualified jurisdictions, trusts and trust agreements, reinsurance contracts, hazardous investments and evidence of submission to this state‘s authority, requirements and qualifications for life reinsurance agreements, reserve credits, credits for reinsurance, valuation of assets or reserve credits, the adoption of certain methods and manuals for the valuation of assets, the amount and forms of security supporting reinsurance arrangements, reduction of liability or establishment of assets in a financial statement, circumstances under which credit will be reduced or eliminated, and treatment of existing agreements.

The director may also promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, regarding reinsurance relating to life insurance policies with guaranteed nonlevel gross premiums or guaranteed nonlevel benefits, universal life insurance policies resulting in the ability of a policyholder to keep a policy in force over a secondary guarantee period, variable annuities with guaranteed death or living benefits, and long-term care insurance policies. The director may also promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, to adopt the use and applicability of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners valuation manual for use in calculating the amounts or form of security to be held by reinsurers.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-14-17

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • State: when used in context signifying a jurisdiction other than the State of South Dakota, a state, the District of Columbia, a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States of America, or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-1-2

Source: SL 1992, ch 344, § 11; SL 2017, ch 211, § 11.