articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . october 2013 zywave inc. type private industry software founded 1995 headquarters milwaukee wisconsin usa website http www.zywave.com zywave inc. is a software company headquartered in milwaukee wisconsin that provides software as a service saas products for insurance brokers and financial planners . insurance product categories include agency management data analysis compliance risk management and marketing tools while its financial division produces planning tools primarily for wealth management . 1 following acquisitions in 2010 and 2011 zywave now commands the largest market share for personal financial planning software . 2 its customer base contains more than 350 000 professional users across north america . 3 zywave also has offices in carlsbad california and winnipeg canada . 4 history edit zywave was founded in 1995 by individuals at a regional insurance brokerage frank f. haack & associates later part of willis in milwaukee wisconsin who developed the products as customer service tools . they shared the software with other brokers in industry networking groups like assurex global and intersure . the company then completely separated from frank f. haack in 2004 . 5 in 2008 zywave entered into a strategic investment partnership with vista equity partners a san francisco private equity firm . 5 in 2010 zywave announced the acquisition of specific software solutions a provider of workers compensation software 6 and in 2011 zywave acquired financial planning software developer emerging information systems inc. 7 the name zywave was inspired by the axes and shape of a data graph . 8 awards edit inc. 5000 honoree 2007 and 2008 9 benefitspro readers choice awards 2006 10 top workplaces in southeastern wisconsin 2013 11 references edit zywave inc. private company information businessweek kirchen rich 23 dec 2011 . zywave s acquisition will open new market . the business journal milwaukee . retrieved 28 december 2011 . zywave vista zywave contact us . zywave.com . zywave . retrieved 29 december 2011 . a b private equity firm takes stake in zywave jsonline zywave acquires specific software makers of modmaster zywave to acquire planning software provider eisi archived november 29 2011 at the wayback machine . zywave inc. company profile from hoover s the inc. 5000 zywave . the inc. 5000 2008 . inc. magazine . retrieved 28 december 2011 . readers choice awards 2006 benefitspro http www.jsonline.com business 2013 top workplaces in southeastern wisconsin 205832011.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zywave & oldid 743559330 categories companies based in milwaukeesoftware companies based in wisconsinsoftware companies of the united stateshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksorphaned articles from october 2013all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 05 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view