Gyms and many others have been justifying price hikes as due to increased insurance premiums. Often it can be heard that premiums have doubled, tripled increased by thousands etc. What I have never heard is insurance premiums given as a % of turnover, ie if a premium increase is $5000, that sounds a lot, but if it is only 5% of turnover then a price increase of only 5% is required to cover it & keep profits the same. The increases may justify the rise but I'd like to know what percentage of gross income goes to paying insurance. |