LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov.-elect Pete Ricketts says he will retain Bruce Ramge as the director of Nebraska’s Department of Insurance.

Ricketts announced Wednesday that Ramge will remain the head of the agency, which regulates Nebraska’s insurance markets.

Ramge joined the Department of Insurance in 1984. He was appointed to his current position by Gov. Dave Heineman in 2010. As director, he oversees 100 department employees.

Ramge graduated from Dana College in 1979. He received an MBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1982.