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
Captives can help drive climate finance: WTW’s Hamm
WTW’s head of catastrophe and climate risk management describes how captive insurance companies could play a key role in climate finance
Insurance Day publishes innovation special report
From artificial intelligence to virtual captives, there are a whole host of routes on the sector’s innovation journey
Most perceive growing number of global crises
Social fragmentation is compounding the world’s vulnerability to risk, Axa report shows
Taking the fear out of geopolitics: Convex’s Harford
Having the courage to ‘stare into the abyss’ of security risks leads to better preparedness, re/insurer’s head of security response says
When less means more in the London market: TMK’s Syal
‘The market will move towards fewer, more skilled market leaders,’ TMK’s chief underwriting officer, Vivek Syal, says
The virtues of a virtual captive
Virtual captives are a tool for structuring risks that conventional insurance finds hard to manage, HDI’s Eric Joly-Pottuz says