Replacement Costs vs Reproduction Costs for Appraising Historic Property
by Gary Tate, Property Appraisal Quality Manager When you’re insuring a historic property, you’re likely to face questions you wouldn’t encounter with more modern buildings. One of the biggest of these is whether you insure the building for replacement costs or reproduction costs. But before we dive into that, first let’s talk about what constitutes […]
How to Succeed in a Challenging Reinsurance Market
Today’s reinsurance market is riddled with unexpected pitfalls, putting unprepared organizations at risk for significant loss. This shift was spawned by a combination of factors, including an uptick in catastrophic weather events, changes to the way reinsurance carriers manage their portfolios, worldwide inflation, and economic fluctuations. Fortunately, wise risk pool members and other organizations can […]
What’s in a Replacement Cost Value? (And What’s Not!)
by Sandra Hou, Valuation Consultant In the insurance industry, replacement cost value (often referred to simply as “replacement cost”) is one of the most common and acceptable values used to insure properties. In my line of work, we are often hired by risk pools to value their members’ properties for replacement values, in order to make […]