Mark E Marek - Independent Insurance & Benefits Agent

05/19/2026

"It is a great time to be a compliant trucker in America."

05/11/2026

And why globalism seeks to destroy it.

03/23/2026

so when you hear "about the greedy insurance companies"//////

Officials at the credit ratings company said health insurers are facing low margins across most market segments, and companies likely will focus on redesigning medical plans, reducing benefits, and exiting less profitable markets and geographies this year.

03/16/2026

"We will continue to hold accountable insurers that knowingly submit inaccurate or unsupported diagnoses to improperly inflate reimbursement," said Brett A. Shumate, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Civil Division.

03/12/2026

Among the biggest players in the business are UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Elevance Health.

03/08/2026

Manufacturers reported that the costs of health insurance for employees shot up by 14.2% on average; service firms reported an average increase of 12.9%, according to a report by the New York Fed based on a survey of companies in the New York-Northern New Jersey region.

These are averages, but “some firms reported increases of between 25% and 50% when they renewed their coverage,” the report said.

Manufacturers and service firms both reported that the costs of utilities jumped by about 8.5% on average. About one-fifth of the companies reported increases of 20% or more. “Indeed, sharply rising utilities costs in some areas have been tied to the explosive growth of AI-related data centers,” the report said.

For service firms, the third worst cost increases were in business insurance, which jumped by 6.8%. This includes liability, property, auto, and workers’ compensation insurance.

For manufacturers, business insurance increases were the fourth-worst, with an average increase of 7.4%.

Nearly one in ten of these companies reported massive spikes of 20% or more in business insurance costs.

For manufacturers, the third-worst increases were goods and material inputs, which jumped by 8.0%. They reported substantial increases in the costs of tariffed inputs, such as aluminum, steel, equipment, electrical supplies, auto parts, coffee, and cocoa, etc.

For service firms, cost increases of goods and material inputs averaged 5.5%.

“A greater exposure to tariffs may be part of the reason manufacturing firms faced a sharper increase in goods and materials costs” than service firms, the report said.

These are very serious cost increases.

Double-digit increases in employee health insurance costs hold down wage increases...

03/07/2026

Despite persistent effort from both major parties, disagreement continues over the role of government in providing health care...

02/26/2026

"a complete game-changer if Iran has supersonic capability to attack ships in the area."

02/26/2026

California real estate market may be about collapse.

“We’re on the Titanic, and we see the iceberg...”

02/23/2026

Phantom "patient financial responsibility" could affect the sustainability of the ICHRA market.

02/18/2026

72% of the world’s population now lives under autocratic rule, the highest share since 1978...