STAMFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 2 -- Americares, a health-focused relief and development organization, issued the following news release: Americares has awarded more than $1 million in emergency funding to restore access to care for Hurricane Helene survivors in five states. Twenty-eight nonprofit organizations providing free or low-cost care to survivors in need are receiving funding to keep their doors open, repair storm damage, replace damaged medicine and medical equipment, purchase generators   more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: * * * Every product line recorded double-digit growth with record-high sales for registered index-linked annuity (RILA) and fixed indexed annuities * * * Total annuity sales increased 29% year over year to $114.6 billion in the third quarter 2024, according to preliminary results from LIMRA's U.S. Individual Annuity Sales Survey. This is the 16th consecutive quarter of growth for the U.S. market and just shy o  more

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Oct. 30 [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, issued the following news release: PORT SUDAN, (October 30, 2024) More than 2.8 million babies, toddlers and preschoolers are now displaced across Sudan, said Save the Children, with new figures released by the IOM showing the world's largest displacement crisis is rapidly deteriorating for children.  more

QUINCY, Massachusetts, Oct. 29 -- The National Fire Protection Association issued the following news release: Brush fires continue to break out across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other New England states as increasing drought conditions, combined with strong winds and dry air, create ideal conditions for fires to ignite and quickly spread. According to the National Weather Service, fire weather concerns also remain in effect across the Northeast including as far south as New Jersey, New Yor  more