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Michael Portanka is an accomplished insurance professional with extensive experience in underwriting and management. Currently serving as Regional Vice President at Columbia Insurance Group since October 2021, Michael has previously held significant roles including Regional Underwriting Officer at Travelers from November 2013 to September 2021 and Regional Underwriting Manager at Utica National Insurance Group from July 2007 to October 2013. Additionally, Michael contributed to Merchants Insurance Group as a Regional Underwriting Manager and Territory Manager from August 1998 to April 2007, and worked as a Commercial Lines Underwriter at Selective Insurance between August 1996 and July 1998. Michael earned a Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, from 1988 to 1993, and completed high school at Newton High School in Newton, NJ, between 1984 and 1988.