Insurance is up for renewal. Would appreciate thoughts/experience on whether to carry "full replacement value" or "actual cash value". Checking with various companies there is a significant premium difference. Have checked the archives, but insurance seems to be quite dynamic! Thanks.
"Actual Cash Value" means the depreciated value. So say you have a 10 year old RV and now "book value" of your vehicle is only $10,000 even though you paid $80,000 10 years ago. So if the vehicle gets wrecked, the maximum you get from insurance company is $10,000 no matter if repairing it cost $12,000.
"Full Replacement Value" means insurance will fix it or replace it no matter what it costs (within your policy limits).
Of course full replacement costs more, you get more if needed.
I go for full replacement coverage.