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Code Upgrades

Code Upgrades

Minnesota

In its amicus curiae brief, UP argues that Minnesota law requires that replacement cost insurance policies include coverage for repairs that are mandatory to comply with the building code after a covered loss.

Bischel vs. Fire Insurance Exchange

Year: 1991

Court: California Supreme Court

Case Number: SO24563

Issue:

Code Upgrades
Guaranteed Replacement Cost

State:

California

In a letter supporting a petition for review, UP urged the California Supreme Court to determine whether the appellate court’s holding really does support insurers’ position that guaranteed replacement cost policies do not include coverage for code upgrades. UP was contacted by thousands of homeowners…