Carriers Fear Unknown, Look to Curb Nanomaterial Exposure

By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterWhen Charlie Kingdollar, a vice president in the emerging issues unit at General Re Corp., was invited to tour a nanotechnology research facility in Columbus, Ohio, he jumped at the opportunity.For several years, Kingdollar had been sounding an alarm about insurers' exposure to nanomaterials. In 2011, in a client publication, he called the expanding use of nanotechnology “one of the most important, and possibly the most ignored, emerging issues facing the property/casualty insurance industry.”Regulators now seem to be paying more attention to the...