Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Saravanos Anthony
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HCI Group, Inc. [HCI]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Division President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
5300 W. CYPRESS STREET, SUITE 100
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/19/2018
(Street)

TAMPA, FL 33607
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common stock               1,200 I By Self as Custodian for niece, Elliana Tuite
Common stock               1,200 I By Self as Custodian for nephew, Nolan Tuite
Common stock               80,000 I By HC Investment LLC (1)
Common stock               1,200 I By Self and Maria Saravanos as Custodian for son, Kostos Anthony Saravanos
Common stock               18,000 (2) D  
Common stock               1,904 (3) D  
Common Stock               29,667 D  
Common Stock               2,159 (4) D  
Common Stock               2,353 (5) D  
Common Stock 06/19/2018   A   3,500 (6) A (6) 3,500 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Saravanos Anthony
5300 W. CYPRESS STREET
SUITE 100
TAMPA, FL 33607
  X     Division President  

Signatures

 /s/ Andrew L. Graham as Attorney-in-fact for Anthony Saravanos   06/21/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The reporting person holds voting and investment power of the 80,000 shares held by HC Investment LLC.
(2) Restricted stock grant of 24,000 shares effective 05/16/13: The Issuer cancelled effective 3/2/2016 the 6,000 share tranche of this grant that was to have vested one year after the closing price of HCI common shares equaled or exceeded $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days. Of the award's 18,000 remaining shares, 6,000 have previously vested, 6,000 shares will vest one year after the closing price of HCI common shares equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days, and 6,000 will vest one year after the closing price of HCI common shares equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days. All shares for which restrictions have not lapsed 6 years and one day from the grant date will be forfeited. These shares were granted by the Company pursuant to the Company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 5/16/2013.
(3) Restricted stock grant of 2,500 shares effective 5/20/2015: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 625 shares on each of May 20, 2016, May 20, 2017, May 20, 2018, and May 20, 2019. These shares were granted by the company pursuant to the company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 5/20/2015. The number of shares reported in column 5 includes 625 unvested shares pursuant to this 5/20/15 restricted stock grant.
(4) Restricted stock grant of 2,500 shares effective 6/06/2016: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 625 shares on each of May 20, 2017, May 20, 2018, May 20, 2019, and May 20, 2020. These shares were granted by the company pursuant to the company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 6/06/2016. The number of shares reported in column 5 includes 1,250 unvested shares pursuant to this 6/06/16 restricted stock grant.
(5) Restricted stock grant of 2,500 shares effective 6/06/2017: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 625 shares on each of May 20, 2018, May 20, 2019, May 20, 2020, and May 20, 2021. These shares were granted by the company pursuant to the company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 6/06/2017. The number of shares reported in column 5 includes 1,875 unvested shares pursuant to this 6/06/2017 restricted stock grant.
(6) Restricted stock grant of 3,500 shares effective 6/19/2018: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 875 shares on each of May 20, 2019, May 20, 2020, May 20, 2021, and May 20, 2022. These shares were granted by the company pursuant to the company's 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and under the terms and conditions of a restricted stock agreement dated 6/19/2018.

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