The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) says insurance claims from a series of tornadoes in May jumped to 70,782 with insurance payments reaching close to $562 million.
Claims from the two worst outbreaks numbered 40,264 for May 19th and 20th and 29,355 for May 30th and 31st. Homeowners claims has the largest insurance pay-out totaling $437 million for the four day period with 33,808 claims. Auto is close behind in number of claims at 31,693 claims and insurance pay-out of more than $80 million.
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak says the numbers are proof of the dramatic impact of the tornadoes on his state and he is happy to see that so many victims are insured.
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