A person is not required to hold a license as an administrator in this state if the person exclusively provides services to one or more bona fide employee benefit plans, each of which is established by an employer or an employee organization, or both, and for which the insurance laws of this state are preempted pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Any person not required to hold a license shall register with the director annually, verifying the person’s status if the person directly or indirectly underwrites, collects charges or premiums from, or adjusts or settles claims of residents of this state in connection with a self-funded plan other than a governmental or church plan offering life, annuity, or health coverage.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-29D-27

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • 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 352, § 27; SL 2020, ch 211, § 2.