Dan Woods

Dan Woods is the founder and CEO of Socotra, an AI-enabled insurance core platform.

Previously, Woods was an engineer at Palantir, where he composed its first AI functionality, led partnerships and ran several deployments.

He earned a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.

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Best Practices for AI Coding in Insurance

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Insurers can safely cut development costs by 75% if they treat AI-generated code like a junior engineer's work.

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Insurance Is Becoming Personalized, Right? Right?

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Insurers talk a lot about how they are using better data and AI to personalize treatment of customers, but a study finds that customers aren't feeling it.

The False Economies in Insurance Claims

Understaffing claims departments doesn't save money—it delays exponentially higher costs through reserve instability, litigation, and adverse development.

3 Key Questions for Boards on AI

Boards approving AI deployments often miss critical questions about data foundations, decision documentation, and pipeline positioning.

It's Back to First Principles for Insurance

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What Insurance Leaders Get Wrong About Culture

Insurance leaders often mistake compliance for culture. Here are five crucial steps that will let you build the sort of agile culture that AI requires.

The Wasted Effort in Commercial Insurance Renewals

Despite advances in AI and automation, commercial insurance still rebuilds the same risk information from scratch every renewal cycle.

The 4-Minute Mile of Cybersecurity

Historical threat data and AI are finally enabling cybersecurity teams to forecast attacks once thought impossible to predict.

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