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South Dakota

South Dakota does not maintain an Eligible Insurer list. More information can be found here.

South Dakota insurer eligibility and filing requirements:

58-32-22. Requirements for placing surplus lines insurance. Surplus lines insurance may be placed by a surplus lines licensee if the insurer is authorized to write the type of insurance in its domiciliary jurisdiction, and either meets the criteria established through a multi-state agreement pursuant to § 58-32-45 or meets one of the following criteria:

(1) The insurer has capital and surplus or its equivalent under the laws of its domiciliary jurisdiction which equals the greater of:

(a) The minimum capital and surplus requirements under § 58-6-23; or

(b) Fifteen million dollars; or

(2) The insurer is a nonadmitted insurer domiciled outside the United States that is listed on the Quarterly Listing of Alien Insurers maintained by the International Insurers Department of the National Association of Insurance Commissions.