Any request for payment of benefits under a plan; notification to an insurance company that payment of an amount is due under the terms of a policy
If you say that a war, disease, or accident claims someone's life, you mean that they are killed in it or by it. Heart disease is the biggest killer, claiming 180,000 lives a year. see also no claims
A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to. Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans
A demand to the insurer or Benefit Fund by the insured person or beneficiary for the payment of benefits under a plan or policy
demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident"
If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them. There is already a long list of people claiming her attention
A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant
A request for payment of a loss, which may come under the terms of an insurance contract