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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Patel Paresh   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) Chief Executive Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) 5300 W. CYPRESS STREET, SUITE 100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/15/2016 (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) 01/15/2016   P   900 A $ 30.3489 (2) 154,839 D   Common Stock (1) 01/15/2016   P   100 A $ 31.45 154,939 D   Common stock               34,000 I IRA Common stock               400,000 (3) (4) D   Common stock               284,000 D (5)

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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

Stock Option (Right to Buy) (6)

$ 2.5

(7)

09/05/2017

Common

60,000

60,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Patel Paresh 5300 W. CYPRESS STREET SUITE 100 TAMPA, FL 33607	X		Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

/s/ Cathy J. Welch as Attorney-in-fact for Paresh Patel		01/19/2016
**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)	Acquired pursuant to a Section 10b5-1 purchase plan adopted by the Reporting Person.
(2)	The reported price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $29.95 to $30.69 per share, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
(3)	Restricted stock grant of 400,000 shares effective 5/16/2013: Restrictions will lapse: (i) as to 100,000 shares, one year after the closing price of HCI common shares equals or exceeds $35 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; (ii) as to 100,000 shares, one year after the closing price of HCI common shares equals or exceeds $50 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; (iii) as to 100,000 shares, one year after the closing price of HCI common shares equals or exceeds $65 per share for 20 consecutive trading days; (iv) as to 100,000 shares, one year after the closing price of HCI common shares equals or exceeds $80 per share for 20 consecutive trading days. All shares of which restrictions have not lapsed 6 years and one day from 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.
(4)	As of the date of this filing, 100,000 shares have vested and 300,000 shares remain subject to restrictions.
(5)	Shares held jointly with spouse.
(6)	The options were granted pursuant to the HCI Group, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
(7)	These options vested and became immediately exercisable upon the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock reaching $7.50 per share.

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