make a claim for something—demand compensation payment (under an insurance contract):
- If you send a parcel that becomes lost or damaged … you may wish to make a claim for compensation.
make a claim to something—(also: make a claim on something)
1. assert one’s right to smth.:
- Japan made a claim to this territory and argued that it was illegally occupied.
2. allege or aver smth.:
- As I am not an anthropologist, sociologist or historian, I make no claim to understanding culture from any of those perspectives.