Bridging the Finance Gap – De-risking Nature through Insurance
Level 6 | 8 Bishopsgate | London | EC2N 4BQ | United Kingdom
About this Event
SCOR and AXA are pleased to invite you to join us for a breakfast session during London Climate Action Week, where we will bring together leaders for a focused discussion on the evolving role of insurance in scaling nature-based projects.
This session will explore how innovative insurance solutions are helping to de-risk ecological restoration projects and make financing more attractive, enabling investment. The panel will bring together perspectives from insurers, brokers and project stakeholders, illustrating how these solutions are applied in practice and how they support the scaling of financing for ecological restoration projects.
The session will conclude with an opportunity for audience Q&A.
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 | Registration and networking breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 | Welcome and Introduction
Claire McDonald – CEO SCOR Business Solutions
Mike Gosselin– CUO UK and Lloyd’s, AXA XL
9:10 – 9:45 | Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Harmender Singh Kalirai – Chief Transaction Officer, Property & Casualty, SCOR
Panelists:
Emma Bartolo – Global Segment Leader – Environmental Impairment Liability, SCOR
Aurélie Fallon Saint-Lo – Head of Sustainable Underwriting, AXA
Daniel Pfeifer – CEO, NatureRe
Dominic Tillyard – Financial Institutions Lead, Aon Climate
9:45 – 10:15 | Audience Q&A
10:15 – 10:30 | Networking and departure
Who should attend:
Brokers in nature-based solutions, corporates, investors, asset managers, lenders, development banks and other financial institutions, project developers, restoration companies, NGOs, and policymakers.
What to expect:
-Practical insights into nature-based insurance solutions
-Perspectives from across the insurance value chain
-Opportunity to engage directly with the panelists, representing the insurance, brokerage, and project development perspectives
SCOR and AXA
ABOUT US
SCOR
A leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society.
The Group generated gross insurance revenue of EUR 15.4 billion in 2025 and serves clients in more than 150 countries from its 35+ offices worldwide. For more information, visit: www.scor.com.
AXA
The AXA Group is a worldwide leader in insurance, with 156,000 employees serving more than 92 million clients in 52 countries. In 2025, revenues amounted to Euro 115.5 billion and underlying earnings to Euro 8.4 billion.
The AXA ordinary share is listed on compartment A of Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol CS (ISN FR 0000120628 – Bloomberg: CS FP – Reuters: AXAF.PA). AXA’s American Depository Share is also quoted on the OTC QX platform under the ticker symbol AXAHY.
The AXA Group is included in the main international SRI indexes, such as Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and FTSE4GOOD.
It is a founding member of the UN Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance and a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.
Related Events
Stay updated on the latest events during London Climate Action Week.
