The refusal of any company, by its officers, directors, employees, or insurance producers, to submit to examination or to comply with any reasonable written request of the examiners constitutes grounds for suspension or refusal of, or nonrenewal of any license or authority held by the insurer or person to engage in an insurance or other business subject to the director’s jurisdiction.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-3-7.2

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1992, ch 338, § 6; SL 2001, ch 286, § 63.