At ANGIC Insurance Company begins processing casualty claims when the claims department receives a notice of loss from a claimant. The claims department prepares and sends the claimant four copies pf a proof-of-loss form on which the claimant must detail the cause, amount} and other aspects of the loss. The claims department also initiates a record of the claim, which is sent with the notice of loss to the data processing department, where it is filed by claim number.