While warning against imposing additional laws and new federal overseers on the insurance industry, Maurice Greenberg says rating agencies need government supervision, while credit default swaps should be regulated as insurance.

More than 30,000 U.S. businesses filed for bankruptcy protection in the first half of 2009, a 64 percent increase from first half 2008, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI).

In a recent OfficeTeam survey of senior executives at the nation's 1,000 largest companies, nearly half of the respondents said they have some degree or discomfort being friended by the employees they manage or their bosses

With more people having dogs as pets--many first time owners--the number of dog bites and court cases is rising and the insurance industry is noticing. Find out more at www.NoRiskZone.com .