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Business Wire | August 25, 2020

AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (“AXIS Capital”) (NYSE:AXS), and AllDigital Specialty, a de novo MGA, today announced a partnership to develop and launch a new insurance platform designed to address the service void in the U.S. small private company management liability market. AllDigital utilizes low-touch/no-touch technology that will enable AXIS to operate a fast and efficient digital platform to quote, bind and issue polic...

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IRIS Software Group | March 02, 2023

IRIS Software Group (IRIS), a leading global provider of accountancy and payroll solutions, recently announced the acquisition of a leading provider of cloud-based HCM enterprise software for Certified Public Accountant (CPA) firms and payroll service bureaus (PSBs), Apex HCM. Apex's software, which was founded in 2008, is utilized by over 250 CPA firms and PSBs across the America to provide payroll services to more than 40,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its ...

U.S. Small Business Administration | July 13, 2020

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the conclusion and success of the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance program, which provided U.S. small businesses, non-profits and agricultural businesses a total of $20 billion in emergency funding. In order to assist the greatest number of small businesses, the EIDL Advance provided $1,000 per employee up to a maximum of $10,000. Recipients did not have to be approved for a loan to receive the Advance, and the Advan...

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Globe News Wire | August 29, 2023

Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, announced the awardees for the 2023 Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs (PRIME) grant awards. “SBA PRIME grants support nonprofit organizations that are on the ground locally providing assistance to small businesses so they can get capital ready and access funding to st...