HURRICANE IRMA FLORIDA INSURANCE LOSSES

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation says insurance loss estimates from Hurricane Irma have hit 9.7 billion dollars, up by more than 1 billion dollars since April. The number of claims had reached 987,767, up more than 54,000 from when numbers were previously updated in April. In Escambia County, there were 265 Irma claims filed, with 157 claims paid and closed, 97 claims not paid and 11 claims still open. There were 467 claims filed in Santa Rosa County, with 305 paid, 151 denied and 11 unresolved. Irma made landfall twice in Florida on Sept. 10. It first hit Cudjoe Key, less than 30 miles northeast of Key West, and later hit Collier County before running up the peninsula.

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