South Dakota businesses will be required to pay an estimated $36.1 million in surcharges in 2010 to shore up the state unemployment insurance system, according to the latest analysis released Thursday by the state Labor Department.

The South Dakota Board of Regents' newest member thinks that his business and education background will give him a unique perspective.Randy Schaefer, 49, has owned a State Farm Insurance agency in Mad...

South Dakota expands health insurance starting next month to a group of children unable to get coverage from other sources.

South Dakota expands health insurance starting next month to a group of children unable to get coverage from other sources.A new law effective July 1 allows children with pre-existing health condition...

More than 5,000 patients of a South Dakota urology clinic may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV when the facility reused single-use medical products, state health officials said Friday.

More than 5,000 patients at a South Dakota urology clinic may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV after the facility reused single-use medical products on them, state health officials said.

Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Development Assurant Inc. Specialty insurance provider Assurant Inc., based in New York, appointed Sylvia R. Wagner as executive vice president of human resources and development. She joins the company's management committee and succeeds the retiring Lesley G. Silvester. Wagner's most recent post was as senior vice president of human resources and development at Assurant Employee Benefits in Kansas City, a post she held since 1995. Prior to that, Wagner worked at Fortis (now Assurant) when the company acquired Western Life in 1984; during that time period, she served as vice president of human resources and then as vice president of corporate services. Wagner graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Dakota with a bachelor's degree in English. She also earned a master's degree in English literature from Oklahoma State University. She serves on the board of trustees for the University of South Dakota Foundation.

The president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry says South Dakota employers will have to pay more into the state unemployment insurance trust because of rising jobless claims.

The president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry says South Dakota employers will have to pay more into the state unemployment insurance trust because of rising jobless claims.

South Dakota has become the first state to pass legislation and be certified to receive unemployment insurance modernization funds from the federal stimulus package.

South Dakota has become the first state to pass legislation and be certified to receive unemployment insurance modernization funds from the federal stimulus package.

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Storms damage homes across US Disaster News Network Wild weekend storms flood upper Midwest, tornadoes damaged homes in the south and mid-Atlantic, and blizzard conditions struck the plains. BY STEPHANIE BACKUS | BALTIMORE | March 30, 2009 While North Dakota residents watched the Red River crest over ...

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rth Dakota Insurance Department's office at 1701 South 12th Street is closed until further notice due to flooding. Several staff members will be working out of the capitol tower office. For more info...

Experience Guides South Dakota's New GSN Insurance Agency Insurance Journal, CA Today GSN represents Western National, Columbia, Auto-Owners, Safeco, North Star Mutual, State Auto, Progressive, and has contracts with key surplus lines brokers. The Gussos are counting on these providers to help them target middle market commercial ...

South Dakota’s congressional delegates are expressing outrage at the issuance of $165 million given in the form of bonuses to employees of AIG, an insurance giant that received nearly $180 billion i...

Spring Rainfall, Snow Melt Can Cause Flooding Media Newswire (press release), NY First and foremost on the list is to get flood insurance. In FEMA Region VIII, which includes the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming, the average cost of flood insurance is $683 a year. Since 1978, residents in ...

A federal judge has signed a preliminary injunction that will allow a Sioux Falls trucking company to keep operating while a court case against it advances, as long as it carries ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota's former workers compensation director has received a two-year deferred sentence with no jail time and a $2,000 fine for misspending public money.
The deferred sentence means Sandy Blunt's record will be cleared if he breaks no laws over the two-year period.
Blunt declined comment after he was sentenced Thursday but his attorney, Michael Hoffman, said, "it's what we asked for." South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick ordered the 44-year-old Blunt to perform 1,000 hours of community service and pay $2,000 in fines and $775 in court fees. The judge did not order restitution. Romanick said the 1,000 hours of community service was the most he had ever handed out. "I don't have a problem with that and Sandy doesn't have a problem with that," Hoffman said. A Bismarck jury last December found Blunt guilty of misspending more than $26,000 in Workforce Safety and Insurance agency funds. The unauthorized expenses included $4,331 for employee gift certificates, $7,053 for meeting costs, $7,617 in moving expenses for a WSI executive and $7,053 in sick leave payments for the same executive. Workforce Safety and Insurance provides medical, rehabilitation and wage benefits to workers who are injured on the job. The agency has more than 230 employees and a two-year budget of $53.2 million. Blunt, a former Ohio workers compensation executive, was hired as WSI's chief executive officer in April 2004. He was forced out as WSI director in December 2007, after nearly four years on the job. The criminal case against Blunt followed an October 2006 state audit that questioned WSI spending and management practices. Hoffman said Blunt will appeal his conviction. He said Blunt has been unemployed except for some consulting work. "He's been looking for work," the attorney ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- An advisory council has recommended that South Dakota accept $5.9 million from the federal stimulus package to help support the system that pays unemployment benefits.

The South Dakota Legislature is considering a bill (S.B. 134) that would require coverage for contraceptives under health insurance policies that cover the cost of prescription drugs, the AP/Sioux City Journal reports.

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Panel hears testimony on contraceptive insurance Daily Republic, SD - 53 minutes ago AP - Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Health insurance policies that pay for prescription drugs should be required to cover contraceptives, a South Dakota ...

MITCHELL, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Labor Department has extended the hours of its Unemployment Insurance Call Center, spurred by last month's high volume of claim filings during the economic down...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A 3-year-old South Dakota boy whose brain tumor treatment had been in question because of an insurance dispute is set to begin chemotherapy in Minnesota this week.

Monthly unemployment insurance claims in South Dakota were up 75 percent in December from November, a Department of Labor official said Thursday.

South Dakota tribal leaders are among those submitting economic stimulus plans to Barack Obama's transition team, as Native Americans from around the country gather here to celebrate the inauguration of a man they say will give Native issues the attention they deserve.