Insured losses from global Nat CAT events in the first half of 2019 are preliminarily estimated to stand at $20bn, with losses in the APAC region standing at $2.4bn which was higher than the regional median of $2.1bn dating to 2000, revealed the 'Global Catastrophe Recap: First Half of 2019' report from Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development team of Aon's Reinsurance Solutions business. The report evaluated the impact of global natural disaster events that occurred in the first six months of the year.