Everybody’s premiums went up because the insurance companies are just trying to get all they can before the federal government puts them out of business.
Our broker flat out told us this last year when we renewed and everyone jumped 44%, and we didn't even have any claims on our insurance.
Every year I try to find affordable benefits for our employees and this year, we literally had no choice but to stay with what we have. We couldn't meet their draconian requirements.
Hope and Change... uh huh.