Lookup a License: Use the License Inquiry Service to verify individual, agency, and company licenses.
The South Dakota Division of Insurance adjusted two rules affecting continuing education. Both rule changes become effective on January 1, 2025.
ARSD 20:06:21:74 - Currently, if a producer wants to sell long-term care insurance, they are required to be licensed to sell life or health insurance, complete an eight-hour training course prior to selling, soliciting, or negotiating long-term care insurance and complete four hours of ongoing training. The current rule required the four-hour ongoing training to be completed every second year following 2008 on July 1, meaning the four-hour ongoing training had to be completed every even year. This caused confusion for all parties involved, especially for those producers whose renewal period fell on an odd year. Going forward, producers will be required to obtain their four hours of ongoing training within their normal two-year renewal period by the end of their birth month.
ARSD 20:06:18:05.01 - The current rule addresses the two-year retention of course rosters and how the rosters should be collected. The rule indicates that an 'original signature' should be collected. Recognizing that providers commonly collect and maintain rosters electronically, this provision was removed.
If you have any questions, please contact the Division's Continuing Education Department by phone (605.773.3563) or email (sdinsurance@state.sd.us).
Effective October 19, 2021 South Dakota converted existing Individual license types to become compliant with Producer Licensing Model Act (PLMA) standards.
Please review the changes in the table below.
License Type Changes
| Application Type | Entity Type | Previous License Type | New License Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDB, NRL, NRR | Indiv | Non-resident Producer | Insurance Producer |
| PDB, NRL, NRR | Indiv | Resident Producer | Insurance Producer |
Carriers are now able to submit payments for appointment renewal and company assessment invoices through an Automated Clearing House (ACH) process using Vertafore's Sircon solution. Payments can be made with checking, savings or corporate checking accounts. To submit these payments, the bank account must be authorized to accept ACH transactions. There will be a $10 service fee for each invoice paid.
Please sign up for a Sircon account in the 'Create Your Sircon Account' section above for Carriers. Once you have created an account, you will also need to notify your bank of Vertafore's ACH payment processor information:
Once your Sircon account is set up and your bank is notified of the above information, no additional set up is needed. To access the State Invoice Payment service, log into your Sircon account using the link above. Under the Administration menu, click on Pay State Invoices to process payment.
If you have any questions regarding your Sircon account or this new payment service, please contact Sircon directly at https://sirconwalkup.vertafore.com/apex/sc_ContactSupport or (877) 876-4430.
South Dakota Division of Insurance
124 South Euclid Avenue, 2nd Floor
Pierre, SD 57501
Send message to: sdinsurance@state.sd.us
Call 605.773.3563
Fax to 605.773.5369
Contact the South Dakota Division of Insurance for any of the following reasons:
A producer licensing exam should be scheduled through the South Dakota exam provider, Pearson VUE. If you wish to take an exam, please login at Pearson VUE at 888.873.6205. To prepare for your exam, pre-licensing study material information is available here.
Examinations taken by residents applying for a new license or qualification takes up to 5 days to post to our database before they can apply online for a new license or qualification.
To print a license online you must be logged into a Sircon for Individuals or Sircon for Agencies account. This service is free for 30 days after a license application or renewal approval when using Sircon. Duplicate license copies can be printed at any time for a Sircon service fee.
South Dakota offers consumers the ease of electronically filing a complaint for any issues they may have with an insurance claim, policy, insurance company or producer. For any consumers that may need this, please access the portal by going to our website at https://dlr.sd.gov/insurance/doi_complaint.aspx and clicking on "File a Complaint".
Changes made using the the company address change service will automatically update the official address record for your company at the Insurance Division. Only certain address types can be changed using this service. Addresses that are not modifiable through this service must be changed by communicating to the State using the NAIC's Uniform Certificate of Authority Application (UCAA), form 14.
