Tech’s Next Big Legal Clash Will Be Over Selling Insurance

Regulatory clashes have become a badge of honor in Silicon Valley. If you’re making enough of an impact to piss off the powers that be, the idea goes, you’re probably doing something right. (Think Uber and Airbnb.)

By that measure, human resources software startup Zenefits is pretty much killing it. In just two short years, it’s faced opposition from insurance industry regulators in Washington, Texas, Wisconsin, and Utah. While Zenefits has come out on top in every case, founder and CEO Conrad Parker admits, "It’s just a matter of time before we run into an issue somewhere else."

Issie Lapowsky

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2015/05/zenefits-funding/