WESTPORT, Connecticut, March 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * Any Cuts to Federal Education Programs Could Have Lifelong Consequences for Millions of Children - Especially Across Rural America FAIRIFELD, Conn. (March 20, 2025) - Following today's executive order calling to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, B  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * Breaking News: CAIR-CT Acknowledges Hate Crime Charge for Assault on Two Muslim Students in Waterbury (HARTFORD, CT, 3/21/2025) - The Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today acknowledged the hate crime charge for the alleged violent assault on two Muslim   more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 20 -- LIMRA issued the following news release on March 19, 2025: * * * Leaders to Gather at 2025 Workplace Benefits Conference to Focus on New Pathways to Growth WINDSOR, Conn., March 19, 2025--The LIMRA 2025 Workplace Benefits Conference will be held in Boston from April 23 - 25 and focus on how the industry can continue to grow as demand for innovative products and comprehensive support systems increases. "We are in a time of rapid change and evolving needs of b  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 11 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: * * * LIMRA: 2024 Retail Annuity Sales Grow 13% to a Record $434.1 Billion More than half of U.S. annuity carriers reported double-digit growth in 2024 WINDSOR, Conn., March 11, 2025 -- For the first time, total quarterly annuity sales surpassed $100 billion in all four quarters of the year. In 2024, annuity sales were $434.1 billion, up 13% year over year, according to LIMRA's U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey, wh  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 18 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: * * * LIMRA: U.S. Single-Premium Pension Risk Transfer Sales Leap 14% to $51.8 billion in 2024 Growth was widespread with 14 carriers reported more than $1 billion in PRT sales during 2024 - a record. WINDSOR, Conn., March 17, 2025 --Total U.S. single-premium pension risk transfer (PRT) premium was $51.8 billion in 2024, up 14% from prior year's results and less than 1% below the record set in 2022, according to LIMRA  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, March 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * School Built by Save the Children and Partners Helps Children to Continue Learning as Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki Erupts Again JAKARTA, Indonesia (March 21, 2025) - Indonesia's Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano erupted again overnight, further disrupting educat  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, March 17 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * SYRIA: Nearly 4,000 Displaced Families to Receive Food and Blankets Following Deadly Clashes in Latakia DAMASCUS (March 17, 2025) --Thousands of displaced families, including children and newborn babies, in Syria's coastal city of Latakia are facing severe   more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, March 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * Two Neglected Tropical Diseases That Cause Blindness Among Children at Risk of Resurgence Due to Aid Cuts KAMPALA, (March 20, 2025) \- A rare tropical disease that is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide was halved in one of the world's worst  more