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Mako representatives outline modest insurance increases, new services for Daniels County
Summary
Mako presenters told Daniels County commissioners that pooled property-and-casualty and health‑care trust pricing would hold under 10% increases overall, with a roughly 7.5% health‑plan premium rise driven by utilization and pharmacy costs; presenters emphasized reserves, new vision and dental benefits, and cyber-readiness offerings.
Representatives from Mako and the Joint Powers/Property & Casualty trust told Daniels County commissioners on April 20 that the county’s pooled insurance programs will generally remain stable but not immune to market pressures. A presenter for Mako said the property-and-casualty trust kept county-level increases below double digits while explaining that a large prior settlement and added insured values had pushed some loss ratios higher: “We went up 7½ percent as a pool,” the presenter said, and added that the county’s recent additional employees were a primary driver of the local liability contribution increase.
On the health side, the trust presented several plan options for the county’s July 1…
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