New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is nominating the assistant commissioner of the Insurance Department to be its next commissioner.
John Elias has been assistant commissioner since April 2016.
He worked for insurance companies in Ohio before coming to New England in 2014 as vice president of Great Falls Insurance Company in Maine.
Sununu nominated John Elias at Wednesday's Executive Council meeting.
The head of the department, Roger Sevigny, is retiring after 16 years on the job.