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The year 2015 was the deadliest for terrorist violence in Europe in nearly a decade, according to Aon Risk Solutions.

Ireland is most likely to win the 2016 RBS Six Nations Championship, actuaries have said.

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament has approved the revised Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) Directive, on a vote of 47 to three.

Prolonged period of low interests rates will create “significant future challenges” to the strength of pension schemes, according to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA).

UK pensioners who take advantage of pension freedoms may run out of money within 10 years of their retirement if they adopt certain US or Australian spending behaviours.

More US employers have increased the amount they are paying into workplace pensions and are now matching contributions “dollar-for-dollar”, according to Aon Hewitt.

Insurers in northern Europe are better prepared for the Solvency II directive than their southern neighbours, according to qualitative data.

Bermuda has made “substantial amendments” to the regulations applicable to commercial insurers and reinsurers to comply with Solvency II rules.

Three in five workers in the US may not be saving enough to retire at the age of 65, according to a report by Aon Hewitt.

Chancellor George Osborne has moved to allay the fears of UK expatriate pensioners in Greece caught up in the debt crisis.