472,000 insurance claims have been filed from Hurricane Ian damage

Insurance claims post-Hurricane Ian are coming in like a deluge — which means fraud might not be far behind. 

The National Insurance Crime Bureau recently reported that 471,581 claims had been filed from Ian. Of all the claims, 431,702, are from Florida. Nearly two-thirds of the Florida claims are homeowner and business claims, at 272,465, NICB found, and the remaining are personal automobile claims, at 151,892. The NICB was created to predict, prevent and prosecute insurance crime.