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title: Approve a reserve or payment amount
description: A claims manager can approve claim reserve and payment amounts.
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classification: insurance-claims
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Approve a reserve or payment amount

A claims manager can approve claim reserve and payment amounts.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_ins\_claim\_cml.manager

## About this task

If an assigned reserve or created payment amount by an adjuster is higher than the approval authority of the adjuster, the claims manager receives a request for reserve or payment amount approval from the adjuster.

## Procedure

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

2.  Open the task one of the following ways.

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**From the landing page**

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Select the task from the My pending tasks list.

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**From the Commercial lines claims approvals 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 lines claims approvals**, open one of the following:
    -   **My approvals - Reserves**
    -   **My approvals - Payments**
3.  In the list, select the task that you want to work on.


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</table>3.  If you want to reject the requested approval amount, in the **Comments** field, enter comments with your recommendation.

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

4.  Close the task from the Claim reserve or Claim payment task form.

    |Approval task|Action|
    |-------------|------|
    |**To submit an approval**|Select **Approve** to approve the reserve or payment amount, or **Reject** to reject the reserve or payment amount.|


## Result

-   If the claims manager approves the reserve or payment amount, the claim reserve task returns to the adjuster to proceed with the claim payment evaluation or settlement.
-   If the claims manager rejects the reserve or payment amount, the manager provides another recommendation. A notification of the rejected status triggers to the adjuster.
-   System-generated entries for reserve or payment amount approval or rejection add to the Activity stream. These automated entries support auditing and tracking.