Have you ever engaged in a conversation about LILI with a LILI graduate? Once you get them talking, it is hard to get a word in edgewise.

NAIFA-South Dakota President Bo Bernhagen and Immediate Past President Matt Berger traveled to our Nation's Capital on May 20-21 to advocate for their clients and industry. Connections were established, conversations were had, and a difference was made. YOU are invited to join us for NAIFA's 2026 Congressional Conference, where you, too, will make a difference.

Social Security Unlocked: Maximizing Benefits & Guiding Your Clients - Webinar

May 15, 2025

1:00 - 2:00 PM CST

AI is changing the business landscape by the day, and NAIFA is here to keep you current.

Join Jon Seif as he shows how forward-thinking firms are using data and AI to establish relationships and address the needs of their clients. During the webinar, you’ll also see how Catchlight (built in Fidelity Labs) is helping advisors cultivate deeper relationships while cross-selling more of their insurance clients into wealth management.

During Leveraging AI you will:

• Learn key insights about the great wealth transfer and organic growth

• Hear how modern firms are using data and AI to identify, prioritize, and engage with clients

• See a demo of the Catchlight platform (built in Fidelity Investments’ tech incubator, Fidelity Labs)

May 15, 2025

8:15 - 9:30 AM

Join us on Thursday, May 15th for Bites and Insights as we welcome Steve Parrish, JD, RICP, CLU, ChFC, AEP, and his presentation, "Merging Estate Planning into the Retirement Income Process".

Congress Is Discussing Your Future.
Shouldn't You Be Part of the Conversation?

If you won't speak up for your business and clients, no one else will.

Decisions made in Washington, D.C., greatly impact your business and clients. Yet, most of our lawmakers are not experts in insurance or financial services or how agents and advisors are critical to the financial security of American families and small businesses.

Our final Legislative Update meeting will be held on March 14th at 12:00 PM Central by Zoom. 

We are on the home stretch in the final days of the 2025 Legislative Session with just two more days to go after today. SB 154 (340B bill) sailed through the House of Representatives 65-5 on March 5th. Most of the vehicle bills were disposed of this past week. March 10th was one of the longer days of the Session as it was the last day for bills to pass both chambers. 

Everything is contentious at this time of the Session. Next year's calendar selection came out of committee by one vote. The Joint Appropriations Committee is fighting over the placement of excess unclaimed property tax dollars into a trust fund.

These last two days will be devoted to finalizing the budget, determining which topics may be recommended for summer study, sorting out the remaining tax bills, and acting on Conference Committee reports.

Following are the bills we are tracking: (Bills with a strikethrough have been defeated or modified in some manner.)

Our final Legislative Update meeting will be held on March 14th at 12:00 PM Central by Zoom. 

We are down to the final two weeks of the 2025 Legislative Session and the insurance issues remain quiet. SB 154 (340B drug program) had a hearing in the House Health and Human Services Committee on March 4th and it passed out of committee 8-5. March 6th will be the last day for a bill to pass out of the second committee and March 10th is the last day to pass both chambers.

Following are the bills we are tracking: (Bills with a strikethrough have been defeated or modified in some manner.)

Our Real Life Stories program has helped motivate people to buy insurance for 20+ years. These stories highlight the role insurance has played in helping families and businesses in times of great financial need, along with the insurance professionals who have helped them. None of the people featured in our stories could have anticipated the challenges they’d face. However, smart insurance planning ensured that emotional struggles weren’t compounded by financial hardship.

Our final Legislative Update meeting will be held on March 14th at 12:00 PM Central by Zoom. 

We are officially in the 7th week of the legislative session and with only three weeks to go, there is a lot to get done! This week is quieter from an insurance perspective after the defeat of SB 158 and HB 1137. There was not an attempt to smoke out SB 158, and yesterday was the last day to do so. 

I ran into Director Dieter over the weekend and he anticipates discussions on non-opioid drugs over the interim. He complimented NAIFA-South Dakota on the active participation and help throughout this Session, it was very nice to hear.

Yesterday, (February 25th), was crossover day so the days are long as both chambers work to get bills through the house of origin.

Following are the bills we are tracking: (Bills with a strikethrough have been defeated or modified in some manner.)