The Florida Insurance Glossary, designed to help Florida residents better understand the terms used.



Lapse:  A termination of a policy due to non-payment of premium.

Leased vehicle:  A vehicle obtained by a contract as opposed to a purchase.

Legal Liability:  Liability obligatory by law.  

Liability Insurance:  A transfer of risk associated with the payment to others for negligent or accidental loss to an
insurance company.  

Lien:  A legal claim to someone else’s property.

Lien holder:  The person or entity which has a legal claim to someone else’s property.

Limits:  The maximum payout as stated in the declarations page of an insurance policy.

Livery Use:  The use of a motor vehicle to carry persons for a fee e.g. taxi cab.

Lloyd’s of London:  An association of individuals or groups that underwrite insurance policies.

Loss:  An unintentional decline or elimination of value after a specific occurrence.  

Loss Adjustment Expenses:  The administrative payments by an insurance company to settle a claim.

Loss Experience:  The historical amount of the payment of claims for a specific time period.

Loss Frequency:  The number of claims for a specific time period.

Loss Ratio:  The sum of claims payments in relation to the premium received for a specific time period.

Loss Reserves:  An insurance company’s estimate of what it will pay for claims.

Lost Policy Release:  A statement by an insured that wants to cancel a policy but is unable to return the policy to
the company.  
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