The insurance industry will do everything it can to comply with the New York Insurance Departments advice to insurance adjusters and underwriters to exercise care and "responsible judgment" in judging claims arising from last weeks World Trade Center tragedy. "While we certainly recognize the Departments concerns in these troubled times, our industrys approach is to always make our best efforts to settle claims in a proper and timely fashion," said Joseph Termini Jr., counsel for the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), whose member companies write more than 27 percent of the New York insurance market. "The Department can rest assured that insurers will do everything within their power to help those affected by this horrible act."
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