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Irma Claims Already Exceed Matthew, Hermine

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State regulators say the 335,000 insurance claims filed by Hurricane Irma victims already outstrip the two storms that blasted Florida last year.

So far, Irma claims total $1.9 billion in property losses, according to the Office of Insurance Regulation. Hurricane Matthew’s 119 thousand claims totaled $1.2 billion in losses.

Hurricane Hermine left insurance companies juggling nearly 20,000 claims totaling $139 million in losses.

Irma claims are heaviest in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Collier and Lee counties. 

A Miami native, former WFSU reporter Jim Ash is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience, most of it in print. He has been a member of the Florida Capital Press Corps since 1992.