Pinellas Leads In Debby Claims to Citizens Insurance

TALLAHASSEE -- The state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. had received nearly 2,300 claims from Hurricane Debby as of late August, with the largest numbers coming from the Tampa Bay region, according to data posted on the insurer’s website.

Debby made landfall Aug. 5 as a Category 1 hurricane near Steinhatchee in Taylor County, before moving across rural North Florida.

As of Aug. 29, Citizens had received 2,281 claims from the storm, which came up the Gulf of Mexico before landfall. Here are the counties with the largest claim numbers.

• Pinellas 585
• Hillsborough 343
• Sarasota 215
• Pasco 204
• Manatee 142
• Hernando 97

Citizens closed 75 claims with payments made to policyholders, while 682 claims were closed without payments. The Citizens Board of Governors’ Claims Committee is scheduled to get a briefing about Hurricane Debby during a meeting Thursday.

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