Tag: Feature

TikTok launches distribution of insurance for ecommerce businesses
TikTok has officially transitioned to powerful distribution channel for commercial insurance for ecommerce businesses through digital insurtech compan [...]

Insurance brands grow at fastest rate in five years, says Brand Finance
Insurance brands are staging their fastest growth in five years, with the world’s top 100 reaching a combined US$606.7 billion in brand value, up 14% [...]

Poor waste management fuelling flooding across Nigerian cities
As torrential rains continue to batter major cities across Nigeria, concerns are mounting about the worsening flood crisis driven not only by climate [...]

AI is outpacing governance systems, warns Willis
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping how risk is understood, priced and managed, but the rate of adoption is outpacing existing AI govern [...]

Joburg power threat turns municipal collapse into immediate business risk, warns Riskonet
Johannesburg businesses can no longer treat municipal dysfunction as a service delivery problem outside their control, with Eskom’s threat to interrup [...]

Shifting trade patterns forcing CEOs to rethink strategies, says McKinsey
Cindy Levy, Ezra Greenberg, Matt Watters, Shubham Singhal and Ziad Haider, representing views from McKinsey’s geopolitics practice May 26, 2026
After several years of intense geopolitical volatility, it’s clear that multinational corporations (MNCs) have entered a new era. Growing regional rea [...]

African cities use nature to fight floods and climate change
Marc Manyifika, lead, urban resilience, Africa, Eden Takele, engagement & communications specialist, climate programme and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, WRI Africa, Meghan Stromberg, urban resilience programme associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities; Alemakef Tassew, urban development project specialist, WRI Africa, and Adane Kebede, nature-based solution specialist, all at the World Resources Institute May 21, 2026
From Kinshasa to Dire Dawa, cities across Africa are discovering that wetlands, trees and parks could be their strongest defence against climate chang [...]

Fuel cost increases hit small business and freight companies as SA unemployment reaches32.7%
South Africa’s May fuel adjustment has raised the cost of earning income for workers and small operators who pay petrol or diesel before receiving rev [...]

LMA mulling over new standard war risk clauses
The marine market could soon see new standard war risk clauses after the Lloyd’s Market Association said it was considering a major rewrite of the cla [...]

CPD initiative launched to help governments plan, finance and respond to disasters
The Centre for Disaster Protection has launched Labs, a platform designed to accelerate practical solutions that help governments better plan, finance [...]
