Jude Odu

Jude Odu is the author of Model Optimal Care: End U.S. Healthcare Waste, One Health Plan at a Time and founder of Health Cost IQ, a healthcare analytics company serving the self-insured industry.

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How Self-Insured Employers Can Combat Healthcare Waste

Jude Odu

Self-insured employers can now prevent wasteful healthcare spending before payment using AI rather than recovering overpayments after the fact.

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A Hopeful Conversation on Climate Risk

By Paul Carroll

Last week's ClimateTech Connect assembled an impressive variety of voices and laid out paths to important — if gradual — progress on climate risk.

The AI Threat to Insurance Brokers

As AI becomes insurance's new front door, API-ready infrastructure separates incumbents who will thrive from those facing obsolescence.

Insurance Distributors Should Buy Carriers

Large insurance distributors are poised to acquire carriers as AI and private equity remove traditional barriers.

Unconnected Dots: Why We Don’t Prevent Fraud

Fraud networks exploit multiple digital identities across accounts and websites, making digital entity resolution critical for preventing fraudulent payments.

Agentic AI Transforms Insurance Claims in 2026

Property claims stretch beyond 32 days, but agentic AI offers carriers breakthrough speed while elevating human adjuster expertise.

AI as a Tool or AI as a Product?

The gap between $20 ChatGPT and six-figure AI vendors lies in integration, repeatability and operational complexity personal tools can't address.

Insurance: the Unsung Hero for Small Business

Insurance quietly underpins America's 35 million small businesses -- a noble purpose that we can serve even better.

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