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Brookhaven staff say health‑plan renewal negotiated down to 4.5% after Cigna sought 19% hike
Summary
Benefits broker Jim Stewart told the council Cigna initially proposed about a 19% premium increase (roughly $645,000) but negotiations reduced the renewal to 4.5%; the HSA deductible would rise to $3,400 and the city is proposing modest employee contribution increases by tier.
Jim Stewart, vice president of relations for the city’s benefits broker, presented the proposed 2026 employee health‑plan renewal at the Brookhaven work session and described a negotiation that reduced what he said was an initial 19% renewal request to a 4.5% increase.
“We were able to negotiate that down to 4.5,” Stewart said, describing an initial Cigna proposal that he said would have represented about a $645,000 premium increase. He attributed the original request in part to the city’s recent loss ratio: “your loss ratio ran at 111.5%. The target is 85%,” Stewart said when council members asked…
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