Forced sale of cargo

Sale of cargo to obtain funds needed to prosecute the voyage for the common good. Any loss is admitted as a general average sacrifice. However, this only applies when cargo can be forwarded in no other way and is preferable to remaining on board until the voyage can be completed.

Forcible and violent entry

Theft insurance wording to distinguish theft involving an ‘attack’ on the premises from theft without such an attack. The insurer generally covers theft following upon forcible and violent entry or followed by forcible or violent exit’. The words eliminate shoplifting or entry via an open door. The word ‘violence’ is used in its ordinary sense, meaning that an entry, where force might otherwise have been minimal, should be by a physical act characterised as violent. See FULL THEFT COVER.

Foreclosure

The forced transfer of property ownership by order of Court as a means of satisfaction of an unpaid obligation such as a mortgage or property taxes that are unpaid.

foreign company

Insurance company organized or incorporated doing business under the laws of some other state of the United States, such as a company organized under the laws of New York doing business in Missouri. This corporation is a foreign company in Missouri. Technically, an insurance company chartered in a foreign country is called an alien company , whereas a company chartered in another state than that in which it is doing business is referred to as a foreign company .
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Term used in the U.S.A. to describe an Insurance Company established in one U.S. State when it is operating in another.

foreign corporation

Insurance company incorporated under the laws of another state other than the one where it does business. A bank chartered in Pennsylvania but owning a loan production office in California is a foreign corporation in California. Also called out-of-state corporation . See also foreign company .