Who We Are

While relatively new, the South Dakota Insurance Alliance is an active participant in legislative and educational efforts in South Dakota for the property and casualty insurance industry. This brief outline describes the organizational purpose of the Alliance. The Alliance certainly encourages companies that do business in South Dakota or related organizations that follow property and casualty issues in the state to evaluate Alliance membership. For a very modest annual fee, you improve your information and have access to the resources and membership of this group.

History
In the spring of 1991, an assortment of insurance companies doing business in South Dakota felt a need to form a new organization that would represent their interests and also be a clearing house for legislative information and educational activities. The original founders were both stock and mutual, both large and small, and these characteristics are essentially the same today. While diverse in characteristics, the Alliance programs became forums to air and discuss many of today's topics confronting the property and casualty industry, at the state, regional, and national level. The Alliance is an incorporated, nonprofit organization domiciled and regulated by the State of South Dakota. 

Purpose
The primary purposes of the Alliances can be summarized as follows:

• To encourage, develop and maintain communication between insurance companies, associations and other related insurance organizations. 

• To give publicity and support to legislative matters that benefits the Alliance members and the insuring public. A lobbyist attends legislative sessions and the Alliance publishes a weekly status report on all property and casualty insurance related bills.  

• To conduct or sponsor educational events that benefit Alliance members, the insuring public, and organizations similar to the Alliance.