replacement cost value News

Viewpoint: Defining the Doctrine of Prevention in Texas

Property insurance claims involving disputes about whether the insured is entitled to replacement cost value (RCV) typically involve whether the insured has actually repaired the damaged property. This is in large part because replacement cost provisions typically restrict an insured’s …

Insurer Faces Class Action for Depreciating Labor in Actual Cash Value Payments

Two Trumbull Insurance customers who believe they were short-changed on claims payments have filed a proposed class action suit against the insurer, alleging Trumbull has been incorrectly calculating some property claim payments by deducting labor depreciation. The complaint (Grawe v …

Viewpoint: Riots Expose Serious Deficiencies in Property Insurance Policies

The riots that took place in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area during the George Floyd protests caused serious damage to many buildings. Several building owners, to their dismay, found their property insurance policies failed to properly respond to the debris removal …

Ice Damage Brings its Own March Madness: 200% Increase in RCV

Ice claims to the tune of $1 billion; is flooding next? The winter of 2014 looks to go down in history for record temps and record claims. To date, Enservio data shows that in February 2014 alone, ice damage related …