Released: September 22, 2006
The Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued an updated statewide estimate of reported claims and insured losses paid-to-date (information as of August 31, 2006) for damage caused by Hurricane Rita in Louisiana. This information does not include losses paid by the National Flood Insurance Program. Again, the below claims and dollar amounts are estimates.
Losses paid-to-date: $2,417,536,795 (Over $ 2.4 Billion)
Reported claim count: 200,582
# of parishes with Rita-related insurance claims filed: All 64 parishes
Parish with most claims: Calcasieu Parish; 69,793 claims costing $1.4 Billion
Parish with costliest claims: Calcasieu Parish; $1.4 Billion for 69,793 claims
Parish with fewest claims: E. Carroll with 59 claims totaling $788,437
Line of business with most claims filed: 59.2% of all claims filed are Homeowners; 118,726 claims filed, costing $1.3 Billion
Line of business with highest payment per claim: $206,464 per Ocean Marine claim
Number of parishes with more than 5,000 claims: 11
The 11 parishes with more than 10,000 claims are as follows:
|
Parish
|
Reported Claims
|
Total Cost
|
Cost Per Claim
|
|
Acadia
|
6,783
|
$39,661,521
|
$5,847
|
|
Beauregard
|
7,389
|
$67,448,200
|
$9,129
|
|
Calcasieu
|
69,793
|
$1,379,595,780
|
$19,767
|
|
East Baton Rouge
|
7,362
|
$38,415,749
|
$5,218 |
|
Iberia
|
7,772
|
$67,538,461
|
$8,690
|
|
Jefferson Davis
|
7,470
|
$79,358,176
|
$10,624
|
|
Lafayette
|
12,068
|
$55,849,039
|
$4,628
|
|
Rapides
|
5,908
|
$19,283,046
|
$3,264 |
|
St. Landry
|
5,375
|
$22,584,306
|
$4,202
|
|
Vermilion
|
9,924
|
$112,285,491
|
$11,315
|
|
Vernon
|
6,560
|
$32,502,599
|
$4,955
|
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