Ian Bartholomew (cricketer)Ian David Bartholomew is an English cricketer, glaciologist and insurer.EducationHe was educated at Berkhamsted School; Christ's College, Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh, his doctoral thesis "Hydrology and dynamics of a land-terminating Greenland outlet glacier" being published in 2012.CricketBartholomew played one first-class match for Cambridge University Cricket Club: in the University Match of 2006 he scored 18 and 42 opening the batting, being dismissed by Michael Munday in both innings.Catastrophe insuranceBartholomew previously worked on catastrophe modelling at Risk Management Solutions, which developed a parametric insurance model for New York City after Hurricane Sandy. In 2017, Bartholomew co-founded FloodFlash, a London-based flood insurance provider which pays out on a parametric basis rather than on an assessment of damages.