Overall, the Insurance Council said as of early yesterday there had been 5300 claims across New Zealand.
The council expected more claims to come in as people got the chance to assess the damage to their properties.
AMI, State and NZI have received 2876 claims in total from the significant, galeforce winds which mainly affected the Southland, Otago, Canterbury and Wellington regions.
Of those, 2353 claims were in Southland, Otago and Canterbury.
A spokesperson said most of the damage had been caused by wind damage, with claims for things like smashed windows and flying roofs.
Some customers on farms witnessed shelter belt trees falling like dominoes, while one customer saw their large 25,000-litre water tank roll into view from its original spot 2km away having knocked out fences and posts on its journey.
Rural insurer FMG said there had been real damage to rural properties and infrastructure and this had significantly disrupted farming operations.
A spokesperson said it had received more than 1500 weather-related claims by October 29 expected to cost over $14 million and these numbers were expected to rise with states of emergency still in place and major utilities still out in some areas.
It was also important to note claims data did not give a full picture of the true impact experienced by farmers and growers, the spokesperson said.
The types of claims coming in included for damaged roofs and farm buildings, damaged fencing as well as damaged irrigators, which was mainly in North Canterbury.
Loss adjusters had been out in affected regions visiting clients since last Friday.
"We’re progressing claims to resolve them as fast we can to help our clients recover from these events," the spokesperson said.
Irrigation building crews from Australia had been brought in and orders had been placed with manufacturers already.
"We know how important it is to get this critical farming equipment back up and running and we’re doing all we can to help make this happen."
