The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) paid out 124 million Australian dollars (77 million U.S. dollars) in insurance to members affected by the Victoria's bushfires, Australian Associated Press reported on Monday.

"We also received support from the emergency services, providing assistance with the validation of total loss vehicles and their removal from the town," RACV claims manager John Simpson said.

Eighty-seven percent of home insurance assessments from Marysville, where around 90 percent of the town's buildings had been destroyed, has carried out with aerial photography because no access was granted to the devastated area for more than six weeks after the fatal fires.

Members would continue to receive assistance with the recovery and rebuilding process, Simpson said.

RACV Insurance has to date received 2,307 claims as a result of the Victoria's bushfires, with 50 percent of these being for the total loss of homes and cars.

RACV is a motoring club and mutual organisation, providing services such as roadside assistance, vehicle, home and contents insurance, personal and car loans, driving instruction, tourism services, home security products, as well as a lifestyle club in the regional Victoria's towns.

Victoria's bushfires is the deadliest natural disaster in Australian history. More than 1,800 homes have been destroyed and more than 450,000 hectares burnt out in the bushfires which started on Feb. 7.

(Xinhua News Agency April 6, 2009)