An insurers trade group said it expects that New York Gov. George Pataki will sign a recently passed bill designed to make a change in the legal process, which the organization believes will make it easier to investigate auto injury claims.

In related action, the legislature gave final approval today to a measure cracking down on health care providers involved with auto injury fraud.

Michael Moran, speaking for the American Insurance Association (AIA) Albany, N.Y. office, said regarding the "file-and-serve" legal process legislation that "We will be urging him [Gov. Pataki] to sign it and expect him to."

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