NU Online News Service, Sept. 13, 11:25 a.m.EDT

As a beleaguered Texas continues to battle new outbreaks ofwildfires across the state, the Insurance Council of Texas sayslosses could reach a quarter-billion dollars as home losses rise toclose to 2,000.

Mark Hanna of the Insurance Council of Texas says in a statementthat insured losses from the fires in Bastrop County, Texas, thehardest hit, could cost the industry $150 million alone.

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