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 *
Patel Paresh
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Homeowners Choice, 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)
05/16/2013
(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               284,000 D (1)  
Common stock               65,450 D  
Common stock               33,644 I IRA
Common stock 05/16/2013   A   400,000 (2) A (2) 400,000 (2) 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
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (3) $ 2.5               (4) 09/05/2017 Common 60,000   60,000 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) (3) $ 2.5               (5) 05/31/2017 Common 60,000   60,000 D  
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, no par value (6) $ 10             03/25/2011   (7) Common 10,000   10,000 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   05/20/2013
**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) Shares are held jointly with spouse.
(2) 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.
(3) The options were granted pursuant to the Homeowners Choice, Inc. 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
(4) These options vest and become immediately exercisable upon the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock reaching $7.50 per share.
(5) Commencing on June 1, 2007 and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter through and including January 1, 2010, the amount of 5,000 options will vest and become exercisable on each such monthly vesting date.
(6) Shares were purchased in connection with Homeowners Choice, Inc.'s ("HCI") offering of its 7% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series A Preferred"), which was completed on March 25, 2011. Each share of the Series A Preferred will be convertible, at the holder's option at any time, initially into one share of HCI's common stock based upon an initial conversion price of $10.00 per share.
(7) HCI may terminate this conversion right on or after March 31, 2014, if, for at least twenty trading days within any period of thirty consecutive trading days, the market price of HCI's common stock exceeds the conversion price of the Series A Preferred by more than 20% and HCI's common stock is then traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market, or the NYSE Amex.

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