Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis said he wont be happy until 100 percent of Hurricane Michael insurance claims are paid.
On Monday, Patronis spoke to Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit attendees about the struggles of Panhandle residents still recovering from Hurricane Michael.
The Panama City native described the resiliency of the regions residents with an anecdote of a resident who kept showing up to work despite the not knowing whether the hotel he was living out of would be able to keep housing him.
“The people of North Florida, they dont complain. They really dont,” he said.
But thousands of Northwest Florida residents are still waiting on insurance claims to come through more than a year after the category 5 storm made landfall.