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Originally Posted by patgizz
the first thing i recommend to anyone is to first check with the provider for the insurance on your daily drivers. because i insure my daily vehicles through state farm, they hook me up big time with agreed value policies on my classics. by hook up i mean i pay about $20 a year for my 54 and have a $20,000 replacement value(that needs upped again) and around $100 a year for my cadillac. I had an accident with the caddy 2 years ago - the "blue book" value was around $700 on the car but the NADA collector value was around $4,300. so instead of claiming it was worth $700 and trying to total it out on the $900 of damage, they were cool and went the proper way basing it on the collector value and not the plain old "27 year old american car" blue book value.
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Pat, please check your policy carefully as so far every policy we've checked from State Farm classic policies are stated value, not agreed value. This has been brought up dozens of times and many guys with SF think they have agreed value; so far nobody does. Check your policy wording for something similar to this:
The most we will pay for “loss” in any one “accident” is the least [emphasis added] of the following amounts minus any applicable deductible shown in the Schedule:
1. The actual cash value of the damaged or stolen property as of the time of the “loss”;
The cost or repairing or replacing the damaged or stolen property with property of like kind and quality; or
2. The amount shown in the schedule.
The actual cash value part allows them to look at comps, and if they find a "comparable" vehicle to yours for a lower value that's what you'll get, no matter what value is on the policy. A true agreed value policy does not mention ACV, comps, etc., just the amount of payout.
Here's a link to the difference between the two. And don't believe your agent as he is often incorrect too. You need to get agreed value coverage from a collector car insurance company. Nothing wrong with SF, have had them for over 20 years on my work equipment, but not on the old cars. My agent even told me not to use their policy.
http://www.faia.com/web/2005/08/stat...eed_value.aspx