Funds at Lloyd’s for Lloyd’s

Funds of an approved form that are lodged and held in trust at Lloyd’s as security for a member’s underwriting activities. They comprise the members deposit, personal reserve fund and special reserve fund and may be drawn down in the event that the member’s syndicate level premium trust funds are insufficient to cover his liabilities. The amount of the deposit is related to the member’s premium income limit and also the nature of the underwriting account. (See risk based capital).

Funds withheld

Assets that would normally be paid over to a reinsurer but are withheld by the cedant to permit statutory credit for non-admitted reinsurance, to reduce a potential credit risk or to retain control over investments. (See: Rating)

Funeral expenses insurance

Pre-paid plans purchased by a lump sum or periodic payments. A plan covers the funeral director’s fees and expenses and disbursements’, i.e. doctor’s fees, church fees, cost of a minister, cremation/burial fees, grave digging and cost of a plot. These plans have superseded the limited amounts available under industrial life and friendly society insurances.

Fungible

Interchangeable such as a certain type and grade of wheat stored in a public elevator. Thus a claim may be settled by tendering the same amount, type and grade but not necessarily the original material.

Furnace Explosion

A violent bursting with noise of the Fire box of a furnace. This type of happening is covered by the Fire Insurance explosion policies, while an explosion of the boiler would come under a Boiler Explosion Policy.