HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 1 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release: Legislation has been introduced, Senate Bill 307, that would ensure biomarker testing, a game changer in the fight against cancer and an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments, is covered by Medicaid. Biomarker testing and precision medicine are helping extend and improve lives by tailoring care and treatment to a person's specific type of cancer. "Biomarker  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 2 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today the Connecticut Coalition for Climate Action voiced its support for Raised Bill HB 5004, a Connecticut General Assembly Environment Committee Bill. The Coalition, a broad-based group of more than 40 health care providers, scientists, environmental organizations, religious groups, and others representing more than 300,000 members, was formed one year ago to address the climate crisis and e  more

NEW YORK, March 1 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following statement on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (JLVRAA) was introduced today in the Senate. The legislation aims to restore protections to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that helps against discriminatory voting laws. LatinoJustice PRLDEF supports the federal voting rights bill and has supported the passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York and passage of the Connecticut Voting Ri  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Feb. 29 -- LIMRA issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Today LIMRA and the SPARK Institute announced a strategic collaboration designed to enhance fraud prevention measures within the retirement services industry. As financial fraud continues to evolve in sophistication and prevalence, the collaboration between the two organizations seeks to establish industrywide initiatives to better combat fraudulent activities. "The evolving landscape of financial fraud  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 1 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Industry leaders will gather at the 2024 Life Insurance & Annuity Conference to explore the many factors shaping the life insurance and annuity markets and how they will evolve. The event, co-hosted by LIMRA and LOMA, the Society of Actuaries (SOA), and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), will be held on April 15 - 17, in San Antonio, Texas. "Individual life and annuity sales set new records in 2023, as consume  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Feb. 28 (TNSres) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: WINDSOR, Conn. and Fairfax, Virginia -- A new study finds more than 4 in 10 intermediaries -- brokerage general agencies (BGAs) and independent marketing organizations (IMOs) -- already have or plan to establish programs to recruit more women financial professionals into their network. In the third annual study conducted by LIMRA and NAILBA (a Finseca Community), Inside the Intermediary 3.0: A LIMRA-NAILBA Study  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 1 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: After commitments made in a 2017 Consent Order went unfulfilled by established deadlines, Save the Sound and the Village of Mamaroneck have reached a new amended agreement in a suit involving violations of the Clean Water Act that dates back to 2015. Through years of remediation work, the Village has already completed $6.5 million worth of repairs to its sanitary sewer system. These fixes primarily address inf  more