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Indianola officials report mostly flat health-plan costs after joint meeting with IMU board
Summary
Mayor Steve Richardson told a podcast audience that a joint meeting with the Indianola Municipal Utilities Board and broker Holmes Murphy produced largely positive insurance-renewal news: employee contributions will remain mostly flat, dental and vision rates are expected to fall, and the city's self-funded reserve is healthy.
Mayor Steve Richardson said a joint City of Indianola and Indianola Municipal Utilities Board meeting with insurance broker Holmes Murphy produced mostly favorable news about employee benefits and plan renewals.
Richardson, speaking on the Indie Unplugged podcast, said the city's self-funded insurance pool has a "very healthy" reserve balance and that employee contributions will remain "fairly flat" for the coming year. He said dental costs are expected to fall by about 3 percent and vision costs by…
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