In this issue you will find the annual publication of financial summaries of insurance companies licensed to do business in South Dakota.

Insurance companies doing business in South Dakota are required by state law to publish these financial summaries each year. The summary lists the insurance company's assets, liabilities, business in South Dakota for the year and the lines in which the company is authorized by the state of South Dakota to sell insurance.

“The annual publication of these financial summaries help to ensure South Dakotans have information about an important segment of the financial industry doing business in our state,” South Dakota Newspaper Association Executive Director David Bordewyk said. “Notices such as these that are published in newspapers create a permanent public record and help to inform South Dakotans in a trusted, transparent manner.”

The published insurance company financial statements from all South Dakota newspapers soon will be available at www.sdpublicnotices.com. The website is a compilation of all public notices printed in all South Dakota newspapers.

This newspaper along with all other newspapers in the state and SDNA have joined together to provide the public notice website as a public service at no cost to state and local governments.

For more information about any insurance company doing business in South Dakota, contact the state Division of Insurance in Pierre at (605) 773-3563.

For more information about the publication of these insurance company public notices, contact this newspaper or SDNA.

South Dakota Newspaper Association, founded in 1882 and based in Brookings, represents 123 weekly and daily newspapers.