Louise Isted
Louise joined Insurance Day in 2023 from Bermuda:Re+ILS, where she was the editor.
Before entering the re/insurance space, Louise covered the energy sector in senior roles at the World Nuclear Association, Platts (S&P Global) and ICIS. She also worked as an energy markets reporter at Reuters and Argus Media.
She has a Postgraduate Diploma in periodicals journalism from the University of Cardiff and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Russian from Durham University.
At Insurance Day, Louise is responsible for long-form content, including analyses, interviews, op-eds and special reports.
Louise was named the Insurance and Risk Profile Interviewer of the Year at the WTW 2024 Media Awards.
Latest From Louise Isted
Iberian power outage losses pegged at up to €300m
Morningstar DBRS expects financial losses related to insurance claims from Iberian Peninsula electricity outage will be manageable
Ferma backs EU proposal for natural catastrophe reinsurance scheme
Federation of European Risk Management Associations calls for a ‘structured, continuous consultation process’ on Eiopa and ECB’s public-private reinsurance scheme
Seville conference will deliver clarity on disaster risk
Centre for Disaster Protection executive director explains progress at UN, World Bank and IMF fora for pre-arranged finance for disaster relief
CDP calls for disaster risk focus at Washington talks
Pre-arranged finance must be moved ‘from the margins to the mainstream’, Centre for Disaster Protection’s executive director, Daniel Clarke, says
Ferma CEO Beaupérin to step down
Federation of European Risk Management Associations’ chief executive will leave in June after more than nine years in the role
How to build a climate finance ecosystem
Managing director and head of climate, diversity and advisory at the UK’s development finance institution outlines how DFIs are innovating to fund the transition to net zero