1. A method for use with a computer-based insurance claim processing system having a plurality of discrete active insurance claims stored therein, the method comprising: receiving an input for selecting a subset of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims, wherein the subset of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims corresponds to selected ones of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims; providing a first association using a processor operably coupled to a memory that links at least a first one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims to at least a second one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims with respect to at least one selected first association criteria; storing in the memory the first association separate from storage of information as corresponds to the discrete active insurance claims; storing in the memory additional information relating to the first association with the separately stored association, separate from the discrete active insurance claims; using the first association when presenting the selected ones of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims to a user via the user interface; providing a new association creation opportunity to the user via the user interface to permit the user to dynamically specify a second association criteria to form a second association that links at least the first one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims to at least a third one of the plurality of discrete active insurance claims; receiving the second association criteria to form the second association from the user via the user interface; and storing in the memory the second association separate from storage of information as corresponds to the discrete active insurance claims.