| Carrier | Citizens Property Insurance Corporation |
|---|---|
| Storm | Hurricane Milton (2024) |
| Date of loss | 2024-10-09 |
| Arguments used | Below deductible |
| What happened next | Reported with FLOIR context: 49% of Milton claims closed without payment, and 41% of those were below-deductible closures. |
The most common Milton outcome, in the carrier’s own words as quoted by Tampa Bay 28: the damage is real, the coverage is real, and the check is $0 because the carrier’s estimate landed under the hurricane deductible.
A below-deductible letter is a scoping decision dressed as a closure. The number to interrogate is the estimate, not the deductible: what got scoped, what got left out, and what an independent contractor prices the same damage at. FLOIR’s own Milton data shows below-deductible as the single largest closed-without-payment reason, 38.5% of all Milton CWOP closures.
Tampa Bay 28 (ABC Action News), Hillsborough County, reporting on Milton claim denials; the Citizens letter is quoted in the story · public record ↗
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