Missouri DCI Estimates High Uninsured Rates in St. Louis Following Tornado

The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance released preliminary uninsured estimates for properties in the St. Louis in response to the F3 tornado that struck the region on May 16.

DCI Department Director Angela Nelson said the department collects information from the insurance industry about the policies issued within the state but doesn’t have data on the exact number of uninsured homes affected by the tornado.

The 23-mile long tornado affected approximately 5,000 properties and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages, city officials have said. Nelson said the department was able to make a rough estimate of how many potentially uninsured homes and renters there may be based on the department’s ZIP code collection data.

The most heavily uninsured areas are in North County ZIP codes 63115, 63107, and 63113, DCI shared. The estimates includes both homeowners and renters. DCI said it estimates that approximately 90% of the renters in these ZIP codes could be uninsured, while the number of uninsured homes could be around 67%.

DCI said significant uninsured areas are in the more densely populated ZIP codes of the North Riverfront area of 63147, the Central West End neighborhood of 63108, and the West End/Skinker DeBaliviere and DeBaliviere Place neighborhoods of 63112. Roughly 63% of renters in these areas could be uninsured, while around 49% of homeowners could be uninsured, DCI said.

Additionally, the ZIP codes of Richmond Heights 63117; the St. Louis neighborhood associated with 63110 that includes Forest Park, Shaw, The Hill, Central West End, and Cheltenham; and Clayton’s 63105 neighborhood have lower uninsured numbers of renters and homeowners, DCI said.

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