Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The Supreme Court properly granted the petition to permanently stay arbitration of the appellants' underinsured motorist claim. The appellants offered no valid excuse for the five-year delay in asserting the claim for coverage, and therefore, their notice was untimely as a matter of law (see, Security Mut. Ins. Co. v Acker-Fitzsimons Corp.,
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