From the desk of ‘Zenefits Settles’

The once upon a time perfect startup that has gotten into a mess over its violations of insurance rules has now settled with Washington, making it the 8th state (think: Arizona, Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington; heard you counting) that settles with the startup to allow it to continue and sell insurance to small businesses. Recall: Zenefits recent endeavor at rebranding as a ‘compliant-saint’ includes the free-for-Salesforce-users licensing compliance app that would prevent agents from selling if they weren’t properly certified to do so. Word on the street is that Z2 is coming.