WINDSOR, Connecticut, Dec. 1 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: For the second consecutive quarter, registered index-linked annuity (RILA) products set a new sales record. RILA sales were $12.6 billion, up 19% year-over-year and 11% higher than the prior record-setting quarter, according to LIMRA's Third Quarter 2023 U.S. Retail Annuity Sales Survey. "Despite the slight decline in the S&P in the third quarter (down 3.3%), the market remains up more than 13% for the year with expectati  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Dec. 1 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following statement on Nov. 30, 2023: * * * An eight-year-old boy shot dead in the street is one of the most recent casualties of violence in the occupied West Bank, with at least 101 Palestinian children reported killed in the West Bank this year, said Save the Children. Since the attacks in Israel on October 7,  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Nov. 28 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: Even with the agreed two-day extension of the four-day pause in fighting children in Gaza won't be safe until a lasting ceasefire is agreed. Every child held hostage must be released, emphasized Save the Children. The fragile pause has enabled the release of 58 hostages from Gaza and 117 P  more