Patent attributes
One or more embodiments of this application provide a claim settlement method and apparatus employing blockchain technology, which are applied to a blockchain comprising a node device of an insurer and a node device of an insured party, a first smart contract for insurance claim settlement being deployed in the blockchain. The method comprises: acquiring a first transaction for making claim settlement payment to an insured party, wherein the first transaction comprises claim settlement event data corresponding to the insured party; and calling a first smart contract, executing an insurance claim settlement logic declared in the first smart contract and corresponding to the insured party, and performing, on the basis of the claim settlement event data, claim settlement processing with respect to the insured party.