Opinion
February 13, 1996
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Trainor, J.H.O.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.
The Judicial Hearing Officer correctly determined that the appellant's claim for underinsurance motorist benefits coverage was untimely as a matter of law (see, Schiebel v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 166 A.D.2d 520; Matter of Merchants Mut. Ins. Co. v Hurban, 160 A.D.2d 873). Mangano, P.J., Thompson, Friedmann and Florio, JJ., concur.