claim filing
Requesting benefits formally
Claim filing is the formal process of submitting a request for payment or benefits to an insurance company, government agency, or other institution.
The term covers everything from insurance claims after accidents to unemployment benefits to warranty requests: The deadline for claim filing is thirty days from the incident.
In legal contexts, it may refer to initiating a lawsuit or registering a formal complaint.
- policyholderOwner of insurance contract
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- medical recordsDocumented patient health history
- out of pocketPaid from personal funds
- formShape or document
submission · claims process · benefits · deadline · adjudication · eligibility · arbitration · disability benefits · litigation · entitlement · indemnity · beneficiary · tort · compliance · affidavit · adjuster · appeal · approval
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- damage claimsproperty damage, fire damage, water damage, storm damage, hail damage
- insurance claimsclaims processing, claims adjuster, adjuster, claimant, damage report
- bankruptcybankruptcy, bankruptcy court, Chapter 11, Chapter 7, bankruptcy petition
- insolvencyinsolvency, bankruptcy court, liquidation, bankruptcy, creditors
- mining lawmining claims, mining permits, mining safety, reclamation, surface mining