Premiums trust fund

Trust fund into which all premiums received by a Lloyd’s member must be placed. The fund is available for the payment of claims, reinsurance premiums, syndicate expenses and, when an account has been closed, for the payment of any profit due to the member. Each member has a sterling fund, a US dollar fund and a Canadian dollar fund. The funds are the first link in Lloyd’s chain of security.

Premiums trust fund (PTF)

The premiums and other monies that members receive in respect of their underwriting at Lloyd’s are held by their managing agents in trust for them subject to the discharge of their underwriting liabilities. The premiums trust funds comprise a sterling fund, Lloyd’s American Trust Fund, Lloyd’s Dollar Trust Funds, Lloyd’s Canadian Trust Fund and the Lloyd’s Asia Trust Fund. These premiums trust funds are available to fund overseas regulatory deposits, claims, return premiums, underwriting expenses and (once a year of account has been closed) any profit that is payable to the member.

Prenotice

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, advanced written statement to an insurance applicant from an insurance company that an investigative consumer report must be obtained on the applicant.

Prepaid Freight

Generally speaking, freight charges both in ocean and air transport may be either pre-paid in the currency of the country of export or they may be billed collect for payment by the consignee in his local currency. However, on shipments to some countries freight charges must be paid because of foreign exchange regulations of the country of import and/or rules of steamship companies or airlines.

Prepaid group practice plan

Managed care plan under which specified health services are rendered by participating physicians to an enrolled group of persons, with fixed periodic payments made in advance, by or on behalf of each person or family. If a health insurance carrier is involved, it contracts to pay in advance for the full range of health services to which the insured is entitled under the terms of the health insurance contract. Such a plan is one form of a health maintenance organization. Also called prepaid group practice model and group model health maintenance organization (HMO).