Insured losses resulting from natural catastrophes in the U.S.and Europe totaled just over $280 million during September, says anew report.

Reinsurance broker Aon Benfield’s catastrophe modeler ImpactForecasting says in its September 2012 Global Catastrophe Recap thatinsurance payouts in the U.S. from September cat events amounted to$125 million.

The worst event in the United States was severe weather from acold front that caused damage from the Central Plains to NewEngland on the 7^th and 8^th. The stormsproduced tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. At least four peoplewere killed, the report says.

Aon Benfield says that the storm system produced more than35,000 claims and estimated economic damage of more than $225million.

Other storm events in the United States include flooding in thedesert in the Southwest that damaged hundreds of structures, severeweather toward the end of the month that struck the Great Lakes andPlains states, and wildfires in California.

In Europe, the worst event was widespread flooding from heavyrainfall in Spain between the 27^th and 29^th,killing at least 10 people. The Insurance Compensation Commissionsays there were at least 19,500 property, commercial and autoclaims filed from that event with insurance payouts in excess of$155 million. Total economic losses were well over $200million.

Severe weather events and earthquakes throughout other parts ofthe world caused hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars ineconomic damage.

The worst economic loss occurred in Asia, amounting to $7.5billion from flooding caused by seasonal monsoonal rains throughoutthe region.

The report says China was hit the worst, as one six-day stretchof rain resulted in close to $5 billion in economic losses anddamage or destruction to more than 100,000 homes.

Aon Benfield did not issue insured-loss estimates for thisregion, which is known to have low insurance penetration.