Process a commercial claim

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title: Process a commercial claim
description: A processor can initiate a claim, review a claim to verify it and after an adjuster’s evaluation, complete fulfillment tasks and close a claim.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/financial-services-operations/insurance-claims/manually\_validate\_claim.html
release: australia
product: Insurance Claims
classification: insurance-claims
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Use, Commercial Lines Claims, Exploring insurance claims applications, Insurance applications, Financial Services Operations \(FSO\)]
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# Process a commercial claim

A processor can initiate a claim, review a claim to verify it and after an adjuster’s evaluation, complete fulfillment tasks and close a claim.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_ins\_claim\_cml.auto\_processor

Update and close the tasks of the claim case.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Financial Services Operations** > **Workspace**.

2.  Open the claim case and task one of the following ways.

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**From the landing page**

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Select an active case from the My pending tasks or My open claims list.

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**From the case playbook**

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1.  Select the lists icon \(\[Omitted image "inline-data-vis-96px-list.png"\] Alt text: lists icon\).
2.  In the **Lists** tab, under **Commercial auto claim cases**, open the case list.
3.  In the list, select the case that contains the task.
4.  If the claim case is in New status or not assigned to you, select **Accept** to be able to work on it.
5.  Select the **Playbook** tab.
6.  Under one of the following stages, select the task activity to work on.
    -   **First notice of loss**
    -   **Claim validation**
    -   **Fulfillment**


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**From a commercial auto claim case**

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1.  Select the lists icon \(\[Omitted image "inline-data-vis-96px-list.png"\] Alt text: lists icon\).
2.  In the **Lists** tab, under **Commercial auto claim cases**, select **Assigned to me**.
3.  In the list, select the case that you want to open.
4.  If the claim case is in New status, select **Accept** to be able to work on it.
5.  In the case, select the **Tasks** tab and select the claim task.


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**From the Commercial auto claim tasks list**

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1.  Select the lists icon \(\[Omitted image "inline-data-vis-96px-list.png"\] Alt text: lists icon\).
2.  In the **Lists** tab, under **Commercial auto claim tasks**, select **All**.
3.  In the list, select the task that you want to open.


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</table>    You may need to select **Accept** to accept assignment of the task to you, enabling you to work on the task.

3.  Finish the work that is required to complete the tasks in your claims system.

    The work you may need to complete could include steps in any of the following stages.

    -   Completing first notice of loss stage tasks to initiate the claim, such as providing incident details, adding claim participants, and collecting documents.
    -   Evaluating the validity of the claim reported by the customer.
    -   Completing and closing the claim.
4.  In the **Work notes** field, enter any comments that are related to your findings.

    Manually posted comments and system-generated work notes add to the Activity stream for the claim case.

5.  Close the task from the playbook activity or the task form.

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Claim task

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Action

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**To submit incident details**

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In the case playbook, select **Mark complete**.

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**To validate a claim**

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A claim validation task is created when a business rule determines a duplicate claim due to the same insurance policy and loss date.To validate a claim: In the task form, select **Approve** to validate the claim or **Reject** to deny and close the claim.

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**To add claim property, participant, or coverage information**

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In the case playbook, select **Save**.

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**To initiate a claim**

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In the case playbook, select **Submit**.

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**To close a claim**

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In the case playbook, select **Close** to close the claim.

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