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Insurance for families, farms, and the things in between.

About Us

Marin Biel has been serving the Dakotas for more than 40 years by providing a full line of insurance products. As an Independent Insurance Agency, Marin Biel has access to a range of companies that can specialize to your specific Insurance needs.

Our Products

Crop and Livestock Producers

Farm and Ranches

Home, Auto, and Recreational

Commercial Policies

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Long Term Care Insurance

Selby (Main Office Headquarters) & Java

Selby

Java

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  • Dan Biel

    Dan grew up on the family farm north of Java, SD. After graduating from Java High, he attended Northern State University for his BS degree and later received his masters degree from Northern Arizona University. Dan spent several years teaching and coaching before joining his brother Steve in the Insurance business in 1996. Dan joined the agency to essentially replace Don Marin in the Selby office who had moved on to Arizona to continue his insurance career. Dan enjoys hunting, fishing, travel, and Grandchildren events. Dan lives in Java with his wife Ardy.

  • Rich Fiedler

    Rich grew up on the family farm north of Java and spent much of his early life involved in farming and ranching. Rich attended college at SDSM&T technology earning a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering and later graduated from University of St Thomas with a Master’s Degree in Business. Rich worked in the computer industry for 20 years in both engineering and management positions before returning back to the area in 2009 to begin what would be a succession plan for Steve Biel in the Marin Biel Insurance Agency. Rich and his wife Beth are both from the Java/Selby area and always wanted an opportunity to move back and raise their family. Rich has a great passion for the Ag industry and enjoys working with farmers and ranchers. Rich’s expertise is with all types of crop and farm insurance, commercial lines, and personal lines insurance.

  • Renee Johnson

    After falling in love with the small town atmosphere, Renee and her family moved from Arizona to Selby, SD in 2018. She came on board with Marin-Biel in 2019 as a Customer Service Representative and is now a licensed Property and Casualty Agent. She encourages anybody and everybody to stop by the office and chat it up as she is a proud social butterfly! Renee and her husband have two kids. They enjoy attending sporting events and traveling to new places around the country.

  • Brady Fiedler

    Brady grew up in Selby, SD where he graduated in 2016. He then attended the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he completed his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. After graduation, Brady moved back to Selby and started working with Marin-Biel in January of 2020. In that same year, he received his license in Crop Insurance as well as Property and Casualty. Brady continues to help on the family farm and enjoys doing all kinds of hunting and fishing in his free time.

  • Sheila Rau

    Sheila grew up and graduated high school in Lake Preston, SD then attended college in Sioux Falls. In 1990, she and her husband, Sherwin moved to his family farm north of Java, SD. After working in the health care industry for 23 years Sheila made the transition to insurance and has been employed as an agent at Marin Biel Insurance since October of 2011. Sheila is currently licensed in Property & Casualty, Life, Health and Accident Insurance.  In her free time Sheila enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren, fishing, golfing and reading.

  • Paul Miller

    Paul grew up on a farm NE of Glenham, SD. Paul graduated from Glenham High School and then attended Black Hills State for 2 years in accounting. Paul spent several years managing local elevators and joined Marin Biel Insurance in 1989 as a full time agent. Paul enjoys camping and hunting. Paul and his wife Diane currently live in Selby, have two daughters and two grandchildren.

Roscoe & Hosmer

Roscoe

Hosmer

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  • Dawn Malsam

    I was raised in Hosmer, SD and graduated from Edmunds Central High School. I currently reside north of Roscoe, SD. Before becoming an agent with Marin Biel Insurance in 2019, I worked in healthcare and management. I also help my husband, Brian, on the farm when I am able. We have three daughters that keep me busy in my spare time with their sports and activity schedules. In my free time I also love to hunt, fish, do anything sports related, and read.

Pollock

Pollock

  • Sara Reierson

    Sara Reierson was born and raised on an acreage in South Dakota. She has spent much of her career as an owner and operator of her own company in Colorado and in South Dakota, offering her services in real estate development, project directing and property management. She has attended classes at the University of Colorado and Colorado Technical University. In 2013, she began working in the insurance industry and took over the Hanson Agency for the late Ralph Hanson, in 2016. She truly enjoys the farm and ranch life which revolves around small town living in Pollock, South Dakota, where she and her husband, Wayne, live and operate the family farm/ranch. In her spare time, Sara likes to spend time with their children and grandchildren. She loves horses and any activities that get her outdoors.

  • Claudia Laurent

    Claudia Laurent grew up in a military family and purchased a vacation home in Pollock, South Dakota in 2013. During the summer of 2018, Claudia and her husband moved to Pollock full-time from Colorado to enjoy the outdoors and small-town atmosphere. After 15 years of working in the Public Service field, Claudia returned to private sector work in 2019 when she joined Marin-Biel as a Customer Service Representative. Claudia and her husband enjoy spending their free-time hunting, fishing, and raising their four-legged companions.

History

In 1975 Steve Biel purchase Eisenbeisz Insurance in Java and changed the name to Biel Insurance Agency. In 1976 Don Marin purchased the Brockel Insurance agency and in 1977 purchased the Miller Insurance agency in Selby which he later named Marin Insurance Agency. In 1983 Don and Steve decided to merge and rename the Agency to Marin Biel Insurance. In 1991 Marin Biel purchased the John Pollock agency in Pollock, SD. The agency in Pollock was managed and eventually purchased by Ralph Hanson of Pollock to be called the Hanson Agency. Leland Treichel of Roscoe started an agency in Roscoe, SD where he utilized the Marin Biel companies for insurance. Leland later added an office in Hosmer, SD as well. In 2009 Rich Fiedler joined the agency as a full time agent and partner. The Hansen Agency in pollock was sold to Sara Rierson of Pollock in 2016 and now operates the agency under the Marin Biel Insurance name. The agency in Roscoe and Hosmer was sold to Dawn Malsam of Roscoe in 2018 and now operates under the Marin Biel Insurance name also.

Marin Biel insurance Agency is also under contract to manage the Great Plains Bank Agency in Eureka and Eden, SD. Marin Biel has been managing the Eureka and Eden Agency since 2011.

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