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
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
Climate finance means sharing all the world – by insuring it
Re/insurers could make COP30 the most consequential of the UN’s climate talks to date by enabling the finance sector to take a holistic approach to climate change
‘The unsolved puzzle of climate finance’: Munich Re Specialty’s Richardson
‘There is the need to work together with partners across industries on the practical questions of who is going to allocate the required capital,’ Julian Richardson, the chief underwriting officer of Green Solutions at Munich Re Specialty, says
Contingent risk capital will drive climate finance: Howden’s Douglas
‘Insurability will be seen as the sharp end of the spear in terms of financial viability and long-term value,’ Howden’s chief executive of climate risk and resilience, Rowan Douglas, says
The Trump administration’s zeal for freezing federal aid should worry insurers
The private sector, including insurers, must speak truth to power