the person who assesses a claims validity, especially that against an insurance company.

A representative of an insurance firm, Local or overseas, authorized to settle claims of an insured party for a covered loss.

An action at law for the recovery of specific personal chattels wrongfully taken’and detained, with damages which the wrongful taking or detention has caused; in substance a modern modifica tion […]

the term that is applied to the suit for recovery of property that is wrongfully held or taken and will include damages for the wrongful act .

Ticket stub assigned to baggage, given to a passenger for claiming that baggage later.

Investigates insurance claims; recommends approval, adjustment, or denial.

The costs associated with paying a claim, other than the actual claim cost.

Submission to the IRS requesting reimbursement of all or a portion of taxes paid in prior years. Often due to a mistake correction or a credit or loss against an […]

the written proof that a debt is valid and owed by the person seeking bankruptcy or the company seeking bankruptcy.

In English practice. In simple cases, where there was not any great conflict as to facts, and a discovery from a defendant was not sought, but a reference to chambers […]

Insurance process; firm or examiner seeks necessary information to assess the validity of a claim.

This where a person is asserting his rights to an area already claimed for mining and is based on the first claim being filed wrongly or not having taken the […]

In practice . An intervention by a third person in a suit, claiming that he has rightful jurisdiction of the cause which the plaintiff has commenced out of the claimant’s […]

the right that is given by a judicial process to a debtor who can retain certain personal property that is free from seizure by creditors.

In English practice. A suit or petition to the queen, in the court of exchequer , to have liberties and franchises confirmed there by the attorney general

the claim of a right or a claim of title to enter lands with the intent of claiming and holding it.

Procedural clause outlining the submission and claims administration .

Ratio of a general insurance firm’s claims total paid added to the loss adjustments against the premiums earned. Known also as loss ratio.

An agent’s detail report on the specifics of a claim.

A challenge of the property or ownership of a thing which is wrongfully withheld from the possession of the claimant. Stowell v. Zouali, Plowd. 359; Robinson v. Wiley, 15 N. […]

To demand as one’s own; to assert a personal right to any property or any right; to demand the possession or enjoyment of something rightfully one’s own, and wrongfully withheld. […]

In admiralty practice. The name given to a person who lays claim to property seized on a libel in rem. and who is authorized and admitted to defend the^ action. […]

A measure of the number of people currently claiming unemployment benefits in the UK versus the total number of people employed fulltime or part-time. This rate is trended as it […]

Insurance policy that only pays claims occurring during the period covered by the policy, and filed within that same period. Refer also to claims occurrence basis .

Coverage type where claims must be paid if submitted during the term of a liability policy, even if the event occurred after the term, resulting in the claim .