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
Dip in natcat losses masks significant regional impacts: Aon
Broker warns that catastrophe risk is shaped not only by total losses but also by where the events occur and their impacts on people, infrastructure, operations and supply chains
McGill launches South African renewables product
Specialty intermediary partners with South African broker GIB on suite of coverage for developers, lenders and owners involved in South Africa’s energy transition
Aon lifts data centre programme to $5bn
Programme’s evolution reflects acceleration in investment in artificial intelligence, cloud computing and hyperscale data centres
Global climate change is a European problem too
Prevention is ‘a condition of maintaining access to affordable insurance’, Insurance Europe’s Nicolas Jeanmart tells event in Brussels
Bank of England warns of climate risk to UK finances
The UK’s central bank sees climate change as a ‘very present’ risk to financial stability
Climate risk is a cascading phenomenon
The chief operating officer of Transition Risk Exeter explains how insurers can move away from linear assumptions about climate change to an understanding of its actual compounding effects