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The Property Claim Field Guide

Policy analysis and field documentation // Est. 2025

All Field Guide Files

Browse policy interpretation separately from field inspection, measurement, and claim-documentation guidance.

Showing 17 Field Guide files.

Storm-damaged coastal property illustrating a loss involving multiple causes
File 001 | Policy Analysis | 7 min read

Anti-Concurrent Causation Clause Guide

How anti-concurrent causation clauses affect property claims involving covered and excluded causes, with allocation examples and jurisdiction notes.

Metal roof with hail dents relevant to a cosmetic damage exclusion
File 002 | Policy Analysis | 9 min read

Cosmetic Damage Exclusion Guide

How cosmetic damage exclusions apply to roof claims, including policy wording, present function, inspection evidence, and the Cannon Falls decision.

Commercial building work illustrating ordinance or law compliance costs
File 003 | Policy Analysis | 9 min read

Ordinance or Law Coverage Guide

A practical guide to ordinance or law coverage, including Coverages A, B, and C, code requirements, limits, and claim documentation.

Roof repair illustrating coinsurance and insurance-to-value considerations
File 004 | Policy Analysis | 10 min read

Coinsurance and Insurance to Value Guide

How property-policy coinsurance and insurance-to-value provisions work, with formulas, examples, valuation issues, and related endorsements.

Victorian homes illustrating functional replacement cost
File 005 | Policy Analysis | 8 min read

Functional Replacement Cost Clause Guide

How functional replacement cost changes the repair or replacement benchmark for buildings and business personal property.

Fire sprinkler alarm bell on a commercial building
File 006 | Policy Analysis | 10 min read

Protective Safeguards Endorsements Guide

How protective safeguards endorsements affect fire coverage, including maintenance duties, notice requirements, state-law limits, and claim review.

Aerial view of a multi-building commercial property insured under a blanket limit
File 007 | Policy Analysis | 9 min read

Margin Clause Guide

How margin clauses limit recovery under blanket property coverage, with calculation examples, statement-of-values issues, and related limits.

Older brick commercial storefronts illustrating property valuation
File 008 | Policy Analysis | 8 min read

Agreed Value Clause Guide

How agreed value provisions interact with coinsurance, policy limits, statements of values, and business-income coverage.

Aerial view of a storm-damaged residential neighborhood
File 009 | Policy Analysis | 9 min read

Appraisal Clause Guide

A guide to property-insurance appraisal clauses, including scope, causation, panel authority, awards, deadlines, and state-law differences.

Interior of a home mid-rebuild showing exposed ceiling joists, brick chimney, and materials staged for reconstruction
File 010 | Policy Analysis | 9 min read

Guaranteed Replacement Cost Guide

How guaranteed and extended replacement cost coverage work, including rebuilding conditions, limits, ordinance costs, and total-loss examples.

Aerial view of a residential neighborhood with widespread storm damage and debris
File 011 | Policy Analysis | 10 min read

Debris Removal Coverage Guide

How commercial-property and homeowners policies cover debris removal, including limits, calculations, deadlines, and common exclusions.

Ceiling exposing lath and plaster with visible water staining
File 012 | Policy Analysis | 10 min read

Ensuing Loss Clause Guide

How ensuing or resulting loss exceptions can preserve coverage for separate damage that follows an excluded cause.

Vacant commercial building with boarded windows and graffiti
File 013 | Policy Analysis | 9 min read

Vacancy Clause Guide

How vacancy clauses change commercial-property and homeowners coverage, including definitions, time periods, reductions, and endorsements.

Roofing professional using fall protection while working on a residential roof
File 014 | Field Documentation | 9 min read

Roof Inspection Checklist for Property Claims

A roofing inspection checklist and roof inspection report template for documenting roof systems, measurements, photographs, scope details, and limitations.

Chalk-marked observations on an asphalt-shingle roof during an inspection
File 015 | Field Documentation | 10 min read

Storm and Hail Damage Roof Inspection Guide

How to perform hail and storm damage roof inspections and roof damage assessments using weather context, collateral evidence, and representative sampling.

Inspector taking an instrument reading near the floor of a bathroom
File 016 | Field Documentation | 10 min read

Water Damage Inspection Guide

A water damage inspection guide and report checklist covering source, migration, Category and Class, moisture mapping, affected assemblies, and documentation.

Estimator reviewing residential floor plans with a scale and calculator
File 017 | Policy Analysis | 10 min read

ACV vs. RCV Guide

ACV vs. RCV in property insurance: how actual cash value, replacement cost value, depreciation, policy limits, and loss-settlement conditions affect payment.

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