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request for an appraisal of the loss, If the roquest is <br />accepted <br />, each party will select a competent and <br />impartial appraiser. Each party shall notify the other <br />of the appraiser selected within 20 days of the <br />foquest. The two appraisers will select an umpire. If <br />they cannot agree within 15 days, either may <br />request that selection be made by H judge Of a COLift <br />having jurisdiction. The spipafsers will state <br />separately the value of the property and amount of <br />loss, If they fall to agree, they will submit their <br />differences to the umpire. A decision agreed to by <br />any two will he binding, Each party will; <br />a. Pay its chosen appraiser; and <br />lb. Boor the other expenses of the appraisal and <br />umpire equally. <br />If there 18 an appraisal, we will still retain our right to <br />deny the claim. <br />H. With respect to On "Open Pollcy", the Lost <br />Payment Condition of the Standard and Special <br />Property Form Is amended bythe followlnq; <br />1, Paragraph 5.d.(1),(b), of the Lose Payment <br />condition is deleted and replaced by: <br />We will not pay an a replacement cost basis for <br />any loss or damage until the lost or damaged <br />property Is actually repaired or replaced, and <br />than only subject to deduction for depreciation, <br />Prior to such repair or replacement, and in <br />accordance with the terms applicable Loss <br />NyMentcondItions in this policy, we will paythe <br />actual cash value or tile lost 01, damaged <br />property as described In this andorsoreent, If the <br />actual cast) value does not exhaust the <br />applicable I-inift of InsuranQa, we Will then pay <br />the difference between the actual cash value <br />and the replacement cost, provided that the <br />repair or mplacernent is completed: <br />a, Within 12 months after cur payment of the <br />actual cash value; or <br />b. Within 24 months after our payment Of the <br />actual cash value If the loss or damage <br />relates to a state of emergency as described <br />In Section 8558 of the Government Code; <br />unless we extend the time period for good <br />cause. <br />The foregoing provisions do not constitute a <br />waiver of our right to deny the claim for any valid <br />reason or to restrict payment In cases of <br />suspected fraud. <br />2. Actual cash value Is determined as follows: <br />a. In the event of a total loss to a building or <br />structure, actual cash value is calculated as <br />the LIMR Of insurance applicable to that <br />buldirig or structure or the fair market value <br />of the building or structure, which ever is <br />loss, <br />lc. In the event of a partial less to a building or <br />structure, actual cash value is calculated as <br />shown below, which ever is less: <br />(1) The amount It Would cost to repair, <br />rebuild or replace the propertyless a fair <br />and reasonable deduction for physical <br />depreciation of the components of the <br />building or structure that are normally <br />subject to repair or replacement during <br />its useful life. Physical depreciation Is <br />based upon the condition of the property <br />at the time of the lost,; <br />(2) The limit of Insurance applicable to the <br />property. <br />c. In [be even[ or a partial or total loss to <br />Covered Property other than a building or <br />structure, actual cash value Is calculated as <br />the lesser of the following: <br />(1) The amount It would cost to repair or <br />replace the property less a fair and <br />reasonable deduction for physical <br />depreciation, based on the condition of <br />the property at the time of loss; or <br />(2) The Limit of In8urlinoo applicable to tire <br />property. <br />1 An "Open Policy" is a policy under which the <br />value of Covered Property Is not fixed at policy <br />inception, but is determined at the time of loss in <br />accordance with policy provisions on valuation. <br />The term "open policy" does not apply to <br />Covered Property that Is subject to an Agreed <br />Value Clause or similar clause that establishes <br />an agreed value prior to loss, unless such <br />clause has expired. <br />Page 4 of 4 Izy Form SS 01 21 03 17 <br />