Walter A. Bell
Vice-Chairman

Walter A Bell
Former Chairman,
Swiss Re America Holding Corporation

Walter A. Bell joined Swiss Re as Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation in
September 2008. In that capacity, he provided supervisory governance of Swiss Re’s Americas
businesses and oversaw and directed regulatory and public affairs for all the North America
businesses. Walter stepped down as Chairman at the end of October 2012, but remained the
Senior Advisor Regulatory Affairs Officer to the Group until May 2015.

Walter served as Alabama Insurance Commissioner since 2003. During that time, he led efforts
to streamline the Alabama Department of Insurance, improving access to the department for
consumers, producers and companies. While Commissioner, he also served as President of
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and Vice Chairman of the
International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Executive Committee.

Bell currently serves as a member of the Mobile Airport Authority, BCS Financial Corporation
and 4 Ever life International, a Bermuda Reinsurance Company.

Walter is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, where
he is the organization’s first international member. Bell is also a former member on the Brand
Enhancement and Protection Committee for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and the Board
of Commissioners, Mobile Area Water & Sewer System.He is the former Chairman of the Board
for the Alabama School of Math and Science; Past Board Member of Oxfam America and
Trustee for the Foreign Policy Association. In addition, he held memberships with the
Partnership of New York, the Economic Club of New York, the Institute of International Finance
and the Financial Services Roundtable.

Walter is the retired Vice President for Diversity Marketing for the MONY Group, a life insurance
company. In that role, he was responsible for ensuring the MONY Group’s field force reflected
the diversity of the markets it served and the communities where its people lived and worked.
He joined the company as a financial professional in 1983.

He is a former trustee and graduate of Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. He is also an
emeritus trustee of the Mobile Arts & Sports Association (the parent of the Senior Bowl Game)
and past trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. In 2018 Bell was inducted into the
Alabama Academy of Honor.He has served in various capacities in numerous charitable and
civic endeavors in both Mobile and New York, and has been honored in both cities for his civic
leadership.