Walter A. Bell, departing Alabama Insurance commissioner, will join Swiss Re America Holding Corp. as chairman. He will supervise all of Swiss Re's businesses in North America and Latin America.
Bell currently leads the NAIC's International Insurance Relations Committee. Previously, he was national director for emerging markets and vice president for diversity marketing with the MONY Group. He also is a director of EnergySouth Inc. and a limited partner in the Mobile, Ala., BayBears baseball team.
In 2007, Bell became the first Alabama commissioner to serve as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. In July 2008, he became the first international member on the board of the Bermuda Monetary Authority. He also served as vice chairman of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors' executive committee.
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