SOUTH DAKOTA Larry D. Deiter Director of Insurance

SOUTH DAKOTA

Larry D. Deiter was appointed Director of the South Dakota Division of Insurance by Department of Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman on January 8, 2015. Deiter had served as Assistant Director of Property and Casualty, Market Conduct and Investigations with the department since November 2012.

Deiter has more than 25 years of experience in commercial banking and business management, which includes insurance product sales management. Prior to joining the public sector, he served as vice president/market manager of a publicly traded financial institution.

Deiter earned his bachelor’s degree from South Dakota State University and is active as an officer of various civic and community boards.

Larry D. Deiter Director of Insurance

Term of Office: At the Pleasure of the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation Appointed: January 8, 2015 Mailing Address Street Address South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Same as mailing address Division of Insurance 124 South Euclid Avenue, 2nd Floor Pierre, South Dakota 57501 Email Address [email protected]

Phone Numbers Fax Numbers Main (605) 773-3563 Main (605) 773-5369 Fraud Unit (605) 773-3331 Fraud Unit (605) 773-4629

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday Website: https://dlr.sd.gov/insurance/default.aspx Make Checks Payable to: South Dakota Division of Insurance

Larry D. Deiter (605) 773-3563 Director of Insurance [email protected]

Jill Kruger (605) 773-3563 Deputy Director, Life and Health [email protected]

Johanna Nickelson (605) 773-3563 Assistant Director, Solvency and Licensing [email protected]

Travis Jordan (605) 773-3563 Assistant Director, Investigations and Registrations [email protected]

CONTACT PERSONS Company Licensing and Annual Statements Patsy Madsen (605) 773-3563 Program Assistant [email protected]

Compliance Tiffany Carr (605) 773-3563 Compliance Agent [email protected]

Amy Ondell (605) 773-3563 Compliance Agent [email protected]

Consumer Complaints and Inquires Richard Schlaak (605) 773-3563 Property and Casualty Complaint Analyst [email protected]

Haelly Pease (605) 773-3563 Life and Health Complaint Analyst [email protected]

Laurie Nuske (605) 773-3563 Life/Health Complaint Analyst [email protected]

Patsy Mehlhaff (605) 773-3563 Workers' Compensation Complaint Analyst [email protected]

Continuing Education Jo Mikkelsen (605) 773-3946 Continuing Education Coordinator [email protected]

Division Counsel Frank Marnell (605) 773-3563 Senior Legal Counsel [email protected]

Clayton Grueb (605) 773-3563 Staff Attorney [email protected]

Jacob Dempsey (605) 773-3563 Staff Attorney [email protected]

Lisa Harmon (605) 773-3563 Staff Attorney [email protected]

Examinations-Financial

James Mehlhaff (605) 773-3563 Financial Supervisor [email protected]

Seth Doyle (605) 773-3563 Senior Financial Analyst [email protected]

Nicholas Carda (605) 773-3563 Senior Financial Analyst [email protected]

Venk Ramkumar (605) 773-3563 Financial Analyst [email protected]

Examinations-Market Conduct Tony Dorschner (605) 773-3563 Market Conduct Manager [email protected]

Life and Health Policies Gretchen Brodkorb (605) 773-3563 Senior HealthCare Analyst [email protected]

Candy Holbrook (605) 773-5122 Policy Analyst [email protected]

Policy and Form Filing-Life and Health Jeff Smith (605) 773-3563 Senior Life and Health Analyst [email protected]

Ray Klinger (605) 773-3563 Life and Health Analyst [email protected]

Policy and Form Filing-Property and Casualty: Personal Lines and Commercial Lines Patrick Cushing (605) 773-3563 Property and Casualty Rate and Form Analyst [email protected]

Policy and Form Filing-Property and Casualty: Workers' Compensation Patsy Mehlhaff (605) 773-3563 Property and Casualty Rate and Form Analyst [email protected]

Premium Tax Patsy Madsen (605) 773-3563 Program Assistant [email protected]

Producer Licensing Penney Wagoner (605) 773-3513 Corporation, MGA, Bail Bonds, Producer and Surplus Lines Broker Licensing [email protected]

Receivership Johanna Nickelson (605) 773-3563 Assistant Director [email protected]

Surplus Lines and Risk Retention Charlene Squires-Keller (605) 773-3563 Surplus Lines Analyst/Solvency/Licensing [email protected]