HEALTH INSURANCE RATES RISING:

The state’s largest health insurers say most Massachusetts companies and their workers will see increases of 10 percent or more in their health insurance premiums beginning next year. The expected increase would follow five consecutive years in which premiums increased by at least 10 percent. Since 1999, the average total annual cost of health insurance for a Boston-area worker nearly doubled, to $8,000 this year, according to Hewitt Associates.