Digital Insurance contacted insurance professionals to comment on new and emerging risks to consider for 2026. U.K. insurance broker Howden agreed to buy M&A protection specialist Atlantic Group.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSE:EEM) surged 39% in 2025 and added another 3.9% in the first week of 2026. The structural headwinds that kept emerging markets out of favor may finally be reversing.

These ETFs can provide investors with growth and income opportunities outside of the U.S., at the cost of higher volatility and potential currency risk.

Expanding into new markets sounds like an interesting challenge and an exciting prospect, but actually doing that requires quite a bit of forethought.

Emerging market equities bounced back in a big way in 2025, highlighting the advantages of this cheap-to-own Vanguard ETF.

Emerging markets defied tariffs, trade wars and global turmoil to notch up stellar double-digit returns in 2025, and investors are hopeful of a repeat performance next year.

In Q3 2025, the Goldman Sachs Emerging Markets Equity Insights Fund returned 11.21%, outperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets Index by 57bps (net, I-share).

Emerging markets have concluded 2025 with a significant surge, outperforming major Wall Street averages. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which encompasses large- and mid-cap stocks from developing nations, has seen an approximate 30% increase since the start of the year.