The story begins in 1977, before insurance software had become an obvious category and before the market had settled on the systems that would define the decades ahead.

CDL’s founding moment should be told with intimacy: the people first, then the problem. The company emerges as a practical response to a changing industry, built around the belief that technology could make complex insurance work more precise, repeatable, and scalable.

The manuscript should supply the exact founding detail and attribution. In the book rhythm, this spread should stay quiet: one portrait-led image, a few lines of context, and enough margin to let the year land.