Bernina Re hires from Kettle for new CUO

Bernina Re has appointed Will Haddrell as its new chief underwriting officer (CUO), head of US and retrocession. He joins from Kettle where he was also CUO.

Prior to that, he was an underwriter and portfolio manager at Blue Capital Management, the Sompo International owned third-party reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund manager.

Bernina Re was launched as a Class 3A reinsurer in 2018, with the aim of becoming the flagship reinsurance underwriting platform for the Credit Suisse ILS offering. It is Solvency II compliant.