NU Online News Service, Sept. 7, 11:13 a.m. EDT

Early estimates are putting insured homeowner losses from the Texas wildfires at more than $100 million, setting records for the state, says a state association official.

Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, says in a statement, “The fire losses for 2011 are already the worst on record in Texas. These wildfires over the Labor Day weekend will only add to what has become a catastrophic year for Texas.”

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