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AXA XL’s award-winning Science and Natural Perils team leads innovative research for effective natural catastrophe risk quantification and management, in a changing climate. Within the Risk Management function, a set of risk specialists with backgrounds in atmospheric science, actuarial science, data science, geophysics and engineering, provide insights into all aspects of risk (hazard, exposure and vulnerability). The View Of Risk is integrated into AXA XL's Insurance and Reinsurance segments for improved decision-making. Our holistic approach in quantifying risk positions AXA XL as thought leaders in the nat-cat risk management.

Winner Risk team of the year

Insurance ERM AWARDS UK & Europe 2025

92% NatCat View-of-Risk developed across 92% of AXA XL’s historical claims

 

16 Active R&D projects, 80% of which include climate change consideration

 

Past external event recordings and podcasts

People boating their way in a flood
Between Shaking and Climate: How we build resilience
Presenting work on tipping points and the clustering of earthquakes.
Storm in the sea
AXA XL Science Seminar: Climate, Tropical Cyclones and Exposure
Understanding why Tropical Cyclone risk is continuously changing and evolving.
Thunderlightening and storm
From Climate Models to Financial Risk Management
Looking at how to use climate models to improve financial risk management for floods and tropical cyclones on a global scale.

Thought leadership

From Massive Cyclones to Tiny Hail: Navigating Event Size and Tipping points

Wildfire risk an evolving global peril

Science lesson; tropical cyclone risk and exposure in a changing world

Meet the team

A headshot of Ioana
Ioana Dima-West
Head of Science & Natural Perils
A headshot of Salvatore Lacoletti
Salvatore Iacoletti
Science Lead, Science & Natural Perils
A headshot of Alec Vassey
Alec Vessey
Specialist, Science & Natural Perils

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