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Evolution.
Not revolution.

We believe in the lasting power of positive change without disruption. Our mission: to embed and consolidate your current partners and systems into the workflows we offer. We want to enhance efficiency, visibility, and experience for you and your policyholders.

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Brought to you by those that have lived it.

Ricono is being built by long-time insurance professionals to fix problems they’ve struggled with for years. Real people solving real insurance issues, our team of industry insiders includes folks with experience in agency ownership, agency bookkeeping, insurance product development, “insurtech” and more. And every last one of us jumped at the chance to make a deep difference to insurance agency accounting and financial operations.

Ricono is backed by the D.E. Shaw group.

Judson Norton
Co-Founder
CEO
5th generation in insurance with 17 years experience. Built an MGA that insured spacecraft. Helped an MGA build a new product to cover child disability. Turned a distressed agency around, including a full accounting reconstruction. Advisor in insurtechs Indio, Relativity 6, and Protosure. CPCU. MBA from NYU. Drafted by the Atlanta Braves. Lives in NY.
Michael Freilich
Co-Founder
CTO
19 years experience in insurance distribution first as a management consultant, then as an executive at a large agency network. Has been building tools that help independent agencies grow since 2004.  University of Michigan Engineering alum. Principal cello of the Lakeview Orchestra. Vice-Chairman of the board of the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago. Lives in Chicago.
Crystal Temple
Co-Founder
Agency Success
18 years experience in insurance. Licensed in P&C. Built multiple agency bookkeeping groups. Sold one to a leading AMS platform. Served as VP and Controller of a $100M commission P&C agency growing organically and by acquisition. Heavy experience integrating new agencies and cleaning their accounting processes and data. Serious medieval reenactor. Lives in New Bern, NC

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