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Assume that a building has a replacement cost of $250,000 but is insured for only $150,000. The roof on the house is 10 years old and has a useful life of only 20 years. The roof is severely damaged by hail and needs to be replaced. The cost of the new roof is $20,000. Ignoring the deductible. What is the cash value?
Actual cash value takes in to account the depreciation but not in case of replacement coverage. So we have
Actual Cash Value = Replacement cost - depreciation
= $ 20,000 x 10/20
= $ 10,000
Had it been replacement value it would be = 150000/250000
= 0.75 so 20000*0.75
= $ 15000
Actual Cash Value is $ 10,00.