South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 46 - Captive Insurance Companies
Section 58-46-15 - Financial condition reporting--Independent audit.

58-46-15. Financial condition reporting--Independent audit.
Each group or sponsored captive insurance company shall submit annually to the director a report of its financial condition pursuant to §58-6-75, no later than six months after the close of its financial year. The report shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant pursuant to chapter 58-43. Each group or sponsored captive insurance company shall file with its annual report of financial condition an actuarial opinion pursuant to §58-26-13.1. If requested by the director, the group or sponsored captive insurance company shall submit quarterly reports of its financial condition pursuant to §58-6-75.
A pure, agency, or trust captive insurance company shall submit annually no later than six months after the close of its financial year to the director a report of its financial condition using statutory accounting principles certified under oath by two of its officers. A pure, agency, or trust captive insurance company shall provide a report of its financial condition audited by an independent certified public accountant every five years pursuant to chapter 58-43 if it has annual direct premiums written of less than two million five hundred thousand dollars. If a pure, agency, or trust captive insurance company has two million five hundred thousand dollars or more of annual direct premiums written, it shall provide a report of its financial condition audited by an independent certified public accountant every three years pursuant to chapter 58-43. Following its first year of operation, and in connection with its audited statement of financial condition (or more often if requested by the director), each pure, agency, or trust captive insurance company shall file an actuarial opinion pursuant to §58-26-13.1.
No later than six months after the close of its financial year, a special purpose captive insurance company shall submit to the director a report of its financial condition pursuant to §58-6-75. The report shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant pursuant to chapter 58-43. Following its first year of operation, and every three years thereafter, a special purpose captive insurance company shall file with its annual report of financial condition an actuarial opinion pursuant to §58-26-13.1. If requested by the director, the special purpose captive insurance company shall submit quarterly reports of its financial condition pursuant to §58-6-75.
Upon request to and approval by the director, a captive insurance company may use generally accepted accounting principles in lieu of statutory accounting principles in its certification of its financial condition and may use consolidated, nonconsolidated, or a similar type of reporting, as approved by the director.

Source: SL 1996, ch 287, §15; SL 2009, ch 272, §7; SL 2013, ch 257, §13; SL 2015, ch 257, §3.

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