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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 * Graham Andrew L.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HCI Group, Inc. [HCI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) GC/Corporate Secretary (Last) (First) (Middle) 5300 W. CYPRESS STREET, SUITE 100 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/21/2017 (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 09/21/2017   P   65 A $ 36.45 2,825 I By Andrew L. Graham IRA Common Stock               1,885 (1) D   Common Stock               2,164 (2) D   Common Stock               19,354 D   Common Stock               2,329 (3) D   Common Stock               2,500 (4) 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
Graham Andrew L. 5300 W. CYPRESS STREET SUITE 100 TAMPA, FL 33607			GC/Corporate Secretary

Signatures

/s/ Andrew L. Graham		09/21/2017
**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)	Restricted stock grant of 2,500 shares effective 2/28/2014: Restriction period will lapse and the restricted shares will vest as follows: 625 shares on each of January 15, 2015, January 15, 2016, January 15, 2017, and January 15, 2018. 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 2/28/2014. The number of shares reported in column 5 includes 625 unvested shares pursuant to this 2/28/2014 restricted stock grant.
(2)	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 1,250 unvested shares pursuant to this 5/20/2015 restricted stock grant.
(3)	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 1,875 unvested shares pursuant to this 6/06/16 restricted stock grant.
(4)	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.

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