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
Quality, not price, is king: WTW’s Holmes
Broker's head of placement for Europe, Middle East and Africa gives his take on market trends, alternative capital, artificial intelligence and energy independence for African nations
Ferma chief urges closure of insurance-business gap
Federation of European Risk Management Associations seeks alignment of insurance with the realities of long-term business planning to build more sustainable partnership
Baltimore bridge deterioration is ‘unlikely to impact renewals’
While the deterioration was a surprise, senior market figures said the $2.8bn loss was not a market-moving event for marine reinsurance renewals
Marsh Risk assesses El Niño supply chain challenges
Re/insurers and risk managers must factor in how climate change exacerbates El Niño’s impacts
Insurance Day publishes marine risk special report
Marine re/insurers are facing old risks in new forms, while emerging risks grow nearer
Climate heating swells the insurance gap
Broker warns that a hotter world is reshaping exposures, insurability and risk financing