The New York Department of Insurance is currently taking no special action to prod insurers who owe on claims for the destruction of the World Trade Center to expedite payments, a department spokesman said today.
His comments followed yesterday's announcement by Rep Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., that he was demanding that insurers who have delayed payment be severely fined.
Chapin Fay, speaking for the department, said there has been no change in the department's stance on the insurers' delay of payment, adding, however, that State Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills is working on the problem.
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