An insurer authorized to engage in the business of life insurance may also grant annuities, but shall not be authorized to engage in any other kind of insurance business except health; except, that the director shall, if the insurer otherwise qualifies therefor, continue so to authorize any life insurer which immediately prior to July 1, 1966, was lawfully authorized to transact in this state a kind or kinds of insurance in addition to life and health insurance and annuity business.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-6-20

  • 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.
  • Insurance business: includes the transaction of all matters pertaining to a contract of insurance, both before and after the effectuation of that contract, and all matters arising out of that contract or any claim thereunder. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-1-2
  • 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 1966, ch 111, ch 3, § 9 (1).

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