About 62.7 percent of property-insurance and business-related claims resulting from Hurricane Dorian damage in Florida last year have been closed, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (FOIR) reports.
The August-September 2019 hurricane has resulted in closed claims totaling 3,616, according to data that was collected through Oct. 4, 2019. A total of 1,204 personal residence claims remain open, FOIR said.
FOIR compiled the numbers from claims data filed by insurers. The claims have not been audited or reviewed independently, according to the insurance agency.
The insurers began submitting the data on Sept. 9, 2019, according to FOIR.
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Property Claims Related to Hurricane Dorian
Lines of Business | Number of Claims Reported | Number of Open Claims With Payment | Number of Open Claims Without Payment | Number of Claims Closed With Payment | Number of Claims Closed Without Payment | Percent of Claims Closed |
Residential Property | 3,113 | 165 | 1,039 | 849 | 1,060 | 61.3% |
- Homeowners | 2,615 | 138 | 853 | 739 | 885 | 62.1% |
- Dwelling | 300 | 11 | 142 | 52 | 95 | 49.0% |
- Mobile Homeowners | 192 | 16 | 40 | 57 | 79 | 70.8% |
- Commercial Residential | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 33.3% |
Commercial Property | 286 | 2 | 146 | 53 | 85 | 48.3% |
Private Flood | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% |
Business Interruption | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 69.6% |
Other Lines of Business* | 2,338 | 124 | 664 | 1,296 | 254 | 66.3% |
TOTALS | 5,764 | 291 | 1,857 | 2,201 | 1,415 | 62.7% |