1. An insurance claim processing system, comprising: an insurance claim database configured to store and provide access to data in a data record that is related to an insurance claim; an event processor executable with a computer to iteratively monitor the data in the data record and identify changes to the data as events; a task engine component executable with a computer in response to one of the identified events to generate tasks indicative of information related to the event that is to be acquired based on the contents of the data record; and a collaborative intelligent task processor executable with a computer to analyze a task generated by the task engine component and select an action plan that is responsive to the task, wherein the action plan includes a first procedure that enables the collaborative intelligent task processor to acquire information related to the insurance claim, and a second procedure that enables the collaborative intelligent task processor to process the acquired information to yield a result responsive to the task.