MATTER OF SENTRY INSURANCE CO. v. KOLB

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

It was not an improvident exercise of discretion for the Supreme Court to deny the petitioner's application to stay arbitration of a claim for underinsured motorist benefits and to permit settlement of the related personal injury action (cf., State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v Taglianetti, 122 A.D.2d 40; Matter of State Farm Mut. Ins. Co. v Lopez, 163 A.D.2d 390). Thompson, J.P., Balletta, Rosenblatt and Eiber, JJ., concur.