{"id":888498,"date":"2016-05-04T06:45:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T12:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=888498"},"modified":"2016-05-04T09:57:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T15:57:10","slug":"does-actual-cost-value-equal-fair-market-value-when-it-comes-to-property-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/does-actual-cost-value-equal-fair-market-value-when-it-comes-to-property-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Actual Cost Value Equal Fair Market Value When it Comes to Property Damage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denise Sze | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | April 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p>When reading insurance policies it can be confusing to a policyholder regarding the differences in valuation of real property and personal property when terms like \u201cfair market value\u201d, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/review-of-the-farmers-next-generation-homeowners-policy-part-1-actual-cash-value\/\">actual cost value<\/a>\u201d, and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/insurance-appraisal-as-an-insurance-claim-dispute-resolution-tool-2\/\">replacement cost value<\/a>\u201d are referenced without explanation. Insurance companies use these terms as if everyone should understand their meaning and sometimes, these terms are used in a context that almost seem like they are interchangeable. However, these terms are not interchangeable because these terms may affect the valuation and actually will dictate what is to be paid under the insurance policy.<\/p>\n<p>In California, Insurance Code 2071 and case law defines these terms and guides insureds as to what should be paid under the policy according to these confusing terms of actual cost value and fair market value. Insurance code 2071 is clear in that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/depreciating-labor-is-against-public-policy-when-calculating-actual-cash-value\/\">Actual cash value<\/a>,\u201d as used in loss settlement provisions equivalent to that found in standard form fire policy, meant fair market value, not replacement cost less depreciation, in absence of contrary agreement between insurer and insured.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Insurance Code Section 2071 provides that the insured is compensated for loss \u201cto the extent of the actual cash value of the property at the time of loss, but not exceeding the amount which it would cost to repair or replace the property with material of like kind and quality&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Jefferson Insurance Company v. Superior Court<\/em>,<sup>2<\/sup> the California Supreme Court held that \u201c[a]ctual cash value,\u2019 as used in section 2071 &#8230; is synonymous with \u2018fair market value.\u2019\u201d Furthermore, the court stated, \u201cit is clear that the Legislature did not intend the term \u2018actual cash value\u2019 in the standard policy form, set forth in section 2071 of the Insurance Code, to mean replacement cost less depreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Jefferson<\/em>, the insurance company sold a policy to a hotel owner that that suffered a fire loss. The matter went to appraisal and complications in valuation occurred but still resulted in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/setting-aside-appraisal-awards-one-sauce-for-the-goose-and-one-sauce-for-the-gander\/\">appraisal award<\/a>. The insurer petitioned the supreme court to compel the trial court to set aside its order vacating the appraisal. The California Supreme Court denied the petition and in doing so held that actual cost value was synonymous to fair market value and does not mean replacement cost less depreciation. The court explained why the language of the loss settlement clause indemnifying the insured \u201cto the extent of the actual cash value of the property [not to exceed the amount which it would] cost to repair or replace the property\u201d could not mean \u201cto the extent of the replacement cost less depreciation [not to exceed the amount which it would] cost to repair or replace the property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Generally, this type of interpretation would make no sense because&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertyinsurancecoveragelaw.com\/2016\/04\/articles\/insurance\/does-actual-cost-value-equal-fair-market-value-when-it-comes-to-property-damage\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">To finish reading this article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denise Sze | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | April 27, 2016 When reading insurance policies it can be confusing to a policyholder regarding the differences in valuation of real property and personal property when terms like \u201cfair market value\u201d, \u201cactual cost value\u201d, and \u201creplacement cost value\u201d are referenced without explanation. Insurance companies use these&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/does-actual-cost-value-equal-fair-market-value-when-it-comes-to-property-damage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Does Actual Cost Value Equal Fair Market Value When it Comes to Property Damage?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[6601,131],"class_list":["post-888498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance-claims","category-insurance-estimates","tag-actual-cash-value","tag-insurance-appraisal","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Does Actual Cost Value Equal Fair Market Value When it Comes to Property Damage? 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