An insurance innovation waiver shall be issued by the director in writing that limits the number of consumers in this state that may purchase or utilize the underlying insurance product or service to no more than twenty thousand consumers and specifies any terms, conditions, and limitations that the director considers appropriate, including:

(1) Limits on the amount of premium that may be written in relation to the innovative product or service;

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-48-8

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

(2) Liability coverage requirements and minimum financial reserve requirements that the applicant must meet during the testing of the innovative insurance product or service; and

(3) Regular or additional reporting on any aspect of the innovative insurance product or service during the test, including financial results and consumer information.

Conditions issued under this section do not restrict a person who holds a license or authorization in another jurisdiction from acting in accordance with that license or authorization in that jurisdiction.

Source: SL 2021, ch 214, § 8.