Did you know that you can allocate a portion of your funds to assist your family with your funeral expenses?
Yes, FNPF members can now fund their own funeral expenses up to a sum of $2000, depending on the Special Death Benefit (SDB) entitlement.

What you need to do to receive funeral funds?
You will need to complete our Memorandum of Association (MOA) Form. The form:

• Allows you to nominate a person that will administer the $2000
• Authorize the Fund to pay the $2000 from the SDB the person nominated by you
• Will be available from January 1, 2011

In filling the MOA form, you will also need to provide:

• Your latest birth certificate
• The latest birth certificate of the person nominated by you (executor)

Who can Apply for these funeral funds?

• Persons nominated by the (deceased) member under the MOA.

Important to note:

• You need to fill this form to allow the Fund to pay the $2000 to the person nominated by you.
• In the absence of a valid form, then the Fund will decide, who will receive the $2000 based on FNPF policy.

Requirements for those Applying for Funeral Funds under this ground:

• Complete FNPF Application Form 9B4 (can be obtained via the Website and/or at any branch and agency Fiji wide from January 1, 2011)
• l Certified copies of the Notice to the undertaker or Medical certificate of cause of death, stamped and signed by the hospital medical superintendent/SDMO prior to burial/cremation
• Police Order for Burial only when assistance is sought before date of burial
• Death certificate issued by Registrar of Births and Deaths if burial has taken place as in the case of outer islands
• Evidence of relationship of deceased to the applicant
• Completed ‘Additional Information’ Form
• Deceased member’s original birth certificate
• Nominated person’s latest bank statement