1.   Any outstanding claims must be settled by the end of the year.

2.   Byrd says he settled the claim to avoid legal hassles.

3.   If the courts were to try to settle each claim on a case-by-case basis, it could take for ever.

4.   If your Homecover policy covers the damage then the cost of the repairs will be paid when settling the claim.

5.   It just means that we have settled our claims on these specific issues.

6.   There is also an arbitration scheme under which many negligence claims are settled.

7.   These insurance companies take forever to settle a claim.

8.   The federal government, in a four-point plan to improve such conditions, promised an accelerated process for settling land claims.

9.   If this is proposed, it is strongly recommended that the purchaser either negotiates and settles the claim before completion or makes a retention.

10.   The client should also be warned of the dangers of misrepresenting the effects of the terms, and of settling claims without reference to the terms.