In this episode of the Auto Accident Attorneys podcast, Attorneys Ali, Holly Cole, and Rishi Patni discuss homeowners insurance through the lens of personal water-damage claims and real-world experience. They explain common coverage pitfalls, how insurer practices can lead to bad-faith issues, and practical steps homeowners should take—documenting damage, reviewing policy endorsements, and knowing when to involve legal counsel. Geared toward homeowners in Marietta and across Georgia, this episode provides clear legal guidance on protecting property claims and understanding when to seek experienced representation from The Auto Accident Attorney Group.
00:00 so she went to go lay down and fell
00:03 asleep for about 90 minutes or so oh my
00:06 God and Jamie just heard what sounded
00:08 like rain coming from the garage so when
00:10 she went to the garage oh wow she saw
00:13 the ceiling coming down water flooding
00:17 the entire garage her car was soaked and
00:20 uh she ran upstairs and the entire
00:23 master bath was flooded so man I found
00:27 myself in the situation where I needed
00:30 to rely on insurance and I'm always out
00:33 here proz oh you don't know anything
00:35 about your auto insurance I realized I
00:37 don't know if my home owners insurance
00:39 covers this yeah so I thought homeowners
00:41 insurance would be a great topic uh
00:44 selfishly for me to talk about so that I
00:47 might be able to learn a couple things
00:48 today I remember Holly you had a similar
00:51 situation when you were living in
00:53 Midtown in your condo I did my I woke up
00:57 the morning after a birthday celebration
00:60 for my myself so I wasn't feeling too
01:01 hot and I just hear like this pouring
01:04 water a similar sound and I was like
01:06 what is that sound and I go into the
01:08 kitchen and it's just like a waterfall
01:11 coming out of the island where my sink
01:14 and dishwasher were housed and it was
01:16 just nonstop and I'm trying with buckets
01:18 to get it to like you know I don't think
01:21 I knew that it was coming out of the
01:22 sink yeah I mean it was coming out of
01:24 every like orice of that
01:27 island and uh and you're hung over
01:29 dealing with it and I hung over and I
01:32 the entire condo flooded a good 3 in I
01:36 would say all my furniture was damaged
01:39 it started to leak out into the like
01:41 common area so and our the hallways of
01:44 that Condo building were carpeted so of
01:47 course the immediate concern is mold and
01:49 how it affects other units and do you
01:51 have units below you I had units below I
01:54 was on the eighth floor so I was
01:55 sandwiched between oh wow um and this is
01:58 like a 20 story building and and um
02:01 turns out I didn't have homeowners
02:04 insurance somehow when we were getting
02:06 the mortgage it slipped through the
02:09 cracks did you not have homeowners
02:11 insurance or did you have homeowners
02:12 insurance and the coverage didn't apply
02:14 because it the cause came out from no it
02:17 was no homeowners insurance oh that's
02:20 someone screwed up someone screwed up on
02:22 the mortgage lender side that's crazy
02:25 yeah that's like a like a Porsche
02:28 dealership letting you drive off ing the
02:30 vehicle mhm with no Gap coverage mhm
02:34 that's insane I didn't I don't think I
02:36 remembered that yeah so I was out of
02:38 that unit for at least a month and we
02:41 had to come out of pocket to pay for
02:43 that and in that moment I realized how
02:45 important insurance is all right so if
02:48 you're listening well it's a pretty rare
02:50 occurrence because part of the closing
02:52 you know what what the lenders
02:54 absolutely requires that you have a
02:56 homeowner's policy in place with you
02:59 know a certain reputable company and
03:01 it's got to meet certain standards and
03:02 you have to have certain you know kind
03:04 of minimum coverage uh to make sure that
03:06 they because your your home is actually
03:09 the security for for the loan right the
03:11 mortgage so they would they in you know
03:13 they absolutely insist that you know
03:16 they not only do you have a policy but
03:19 that the mortgage like the the lender
03:21 also be named on the policy so that you
03:24 know when they send you like a you know
03:26 property damage check uh it has to go
03:28 through your you know it's it's made out
03:30 to you the homeowner as well as your
03:32 mortgage company yeah 100% And I
03:35 realized that after the fact I'd never
03:37 thought about those things and then I
03:39 was like there's some somebody messed up
03:42 big
03:43 time was it was this back in the days
03:46 when uh when when they were you know
03:47 going through loans so fast they you
03:50 know they basically have those Robo
03:51 signs um not then it was uh
03:55 2013 I believe when I purchased the
03:57 condo okay so that was after the sub
04:00 yeah but re's right it's it's
04:02 technically that you were living in it
04:03 but it was the bank's condo right it's
04:05 their money that that they need to
04:07 protect so it's wild that they weren't
04:09 running audits to make sure that their
04:10 asset was protected right they do that
04:13 with with this building actually when
04:16 it's coming up for Renewal I don't even
04:17 have to remember because my bank will
04:20 send a notice like hey if you don't
04:22 renew it we're going to put insurance in
04:24 place and there's a premium for it yeah
04:26 at least there's coverage well and and a
04:28 lot of lenders they actually they just
04:30 to make sure you don't accidentally
04:31 lapse on your policy or forget to make a
04:33 premium payment um they'll they'll
04:36 actually make sure that you know a part
04:38 of your mortgage payment goes into an
04:39 escrow account and then they pay the
04:41 premium for you just to make sure that
04:43 there's no laps like that I'm also
04:45 familiar with that um my bank just
04:47 overcharged me uh they tried to tell me
04:50 that my property insurance or my
04:52 property tax went up to
04:54 $52,000 oh wow and it's actually
04:58 $8,600 but someone again mess maybe it's
05:02 me someone keeps messing up when it
05:04 comes to my
05:06 finances common denominator is you it is
05:09 me but it's not me actually screwing up
05:11 it's just some energy I must be putting
05:13 off but yeah they tried to it it all had
05:16 to do with the escrow and it reminded me
05:19 of the fact that I do have homeowners
05:21 insurance because I pay into escrow
05:23 every month to pay for that coverage did
05:26 they ever fix that by the way they did
05:29 so did you get the money back that they
05:32 not all the money but we can get into
05:33 that later real quick side note I think
05:36 this is helpful for listeners so you're
05:38 careful about what you're doing with
05:40 your own
05:41 finances the mistake was on the bank
05:44 side and they because your mortgage is
05:47 set up on an automatic
05:49 draft it was what 5x what it was
05:52 supposed to be they just went ahead and
05:53 took the money out of your account yeah
05:56 that's the craziest thing so the money's
05:58 gone it's their mistake but you don't
06:00 have the money until they fix their own
06:02 mistake yeah and by the way 14 business
06:05 days to fix to refund their mistake
06:09 that's not even including the process it
06:10 takes to send it up top to make sure we
06:14 could do another episode on that when we
06:15 learned some things that we could
06:16 actually share so I I think this is
06:20 perfect because I remember Rishi you
06:22 actually the reason I remember it is
06:24 because you got attorney's fees yeah out
06:26 of it but you had a homeowner's issue
06:29 that you represented a CLI on just a
06:31 couple weeks ago yeah it was actually
06:33 helping out a neighbor of mine um and it
06:35 was a it was a roof damage claim um his
06:38 his roof was damaged by hail and um and
06:41 his insurer um you know he he had a
06:45 roofer that told you know had the roof
06:47 inspected found you know several spots
06:49 where you know there's very clear hail
06:51 damage um and so so when they the the
06:55 roofer created an NE like a repair
06:57 estimate they sent it off to his
06:58 insurance company uh
07:00 and the insurance company's response was
07:03 no there's no hail damage it it's all
07:05 wear and
07:06 tear no sign of it no actual signs of
07:09 hail damage um so they appealed it and
07:12 they they did a more detailed um you
07:15 know I guess a revised line item repair
07:18 estimate um and it same response they
07:21 said no there there's no there's no hail
07:23 damage um but then they asked for an
07:26 engineer to come out so they they they
07:29 had their own engineer come out inspect
07:31 it and um this was this was right around
07:35 the time that I got involved in the case
07:37 and um and I'd sent a letter of rep to
07:39 to his insurer and basically laid out
07:42 why um it was such a ridiculous position
07:46 um and so then they came back and said
07:49 we we've revised our analysis and said
07:51 that um there there is hail damage but
07:54 there's only hail damage to like SE six
07:56 or seven tiles and so we're only going
07:58 to cover you know about 15 Square ft of
08:02 roof as opposed to the entire roof and
08:05 uh it's amazing how uh focused the sky
08:08 can be right
08:09 exactly it only hit th those few spots
08:12 and it wasn't enough to to Warrant a
08:14 roof replacement so then we ended up
08:16 getting an an engineer like a forensic
08:18 engineer out of Colorado to come in oh
08:21 my and he inspected the roof um and he
08:24 actually does this for a living he he
08:25 actually used to do it for the insurance
08:28 companies um and he was in house and
08:30 inspector um and so he so he knows
08:32 exactly what they're looking for in
08:34 terms of um you know what would be their
08:36 justification he photographed it
08:38 documented it and had an entire report
08:41 and so we sent that with a final demand
08:43 um that was above what the roofers
08:46 estimate was they initially denied it
08:48 and they fought back and so we said okay
08:49 well I mean you know that's bad faith um
08:52 you know on the on the coverage side
08:55 they had absolutely no basis to to
08:57 continue to refuse the fact that there
08:59 was hail damage and it was you know
09:01 enough hail damage to Warrant
09:03 replacement in the entire roof and uh
09:05 and we finally ended up settling above
09:07 the the amount of the the roof damage
09:09 that we' got attorney fees and and
09:12 expenses I just want to point out that
09:15 clearly these people pay for homeowners
09:18 insurance this is what they have it for
09:20 and they had to go so far as hiring an
09:22 attorney and getting a forensic roof
09:26 inspector to come out from
09:28 Colorado yeah to find finally get the
09:30 insurance company to pay for the service
09:33 that they're paying him to on a monthly
09:35 basis or I guess really annually and the
09:37 insurance company paid more on that
09:40 particular claim than had they just done
09:42 their job exactly and and that that's
09:45 that's really where um it's it's a
09:47 little bit you know this is where it's a
09:49 little bit unique when you are the
09:51 insured party it's it's called a first
09:53 party claim the reason why it's first
09:54 party claim is it's between there there
09:57 you know your insurance you know your
09:59 insurance policy is a contractual
10:01 agreement between you the the policy
10:03 holder and your insurance company MH and
10:06 so that that contract you know when when
10:08 they violate it um and the claim is for
10:12 you as the the first party beneficiary
10:15 under that contract um you know it
10:17 automatically triggers the you know the
10:19 bad faith and the contractual breach and
10:21 all those things that um you know that
10:24 come up from from contracts class but
10:26 it's uh but it's all those classic
10:28 damages um it Mak it a tough case
10:30 typically for for just a property damage
10:32 case but in this one it was so egregious
10:35 that because there was absolutely no
10:37 justification for this constant delay
10:39 other than they were hoping that at some
10:42 point the homeowner just gets tired of
10:44 fighting and just accepts you know what
10:47 you know what few scraps they wanted to
10:48 to throw his way um to resolve it and I
10:51 think that's worth noting is that you
10:54 know we don't have to say the name of
10:56 the insurance company But whichever
10:57 insurance company it is it's not
10:60 if I have to venture a guess it's not as
11:02 if this particular insured is the one
11:06 that they denied they're doing this they
11:08 know that if they get popped they're
11:10 going to have to pay more but it's still
11:13 in their best business interest imagine
11:15 how many claims they deny that people
11:19 don't pursue where it makes it
11:22 financially justifiable for them to be
11:24 like okay we can work in the possibility
11:28 of of getting St one or two times but we
11:31 can if we deny 100 and just pay more on
11:33 one right it's still financially
11:35 beneficial yeah well and what happens
11:38 when they you know when that's their
11:40 approach is that sometimes they stick
11:42 out like the sore thumb so um so in my
11:44 client's neighborhood um out of 151
11:47 homes um 65 of them had their roofs
11:52 replaced due to hail damage um and this
11:55 one insurer was the only outlier to deny
11:58 the existence of hail damage every sing
12:01 65 other homes in that neighborhood
12:03 within you know like like literally
12:05 within walking distance of of my
12:06 client's home all had their roofs
12:09 replaced um and and none of those other
12:11 insurers had any problems um accepting
12:14 that yes there's clearly roof damage
12:16 here it's within your policy and um you
12:19 and we're going to cover the claim um
12:21 they you know they might they might
12:22 fight on you know the amount of of of
12:25 the repair costs or the overall but but
12:27 they don't deny that you know the
12:29 existence of of the actual damage itself
12:31 right is so that that's the part that's
12:33 say clear as day that you there's clear
12:35 damage um and and you you're getting it
12:38 from your own engineer you're getting it
12:40 from the roofer um and and you've got
12:43 you know photos you've got the actual um
12:45 you know it's it's a very detailed way
12:47 that they describe like um sample areas
12:50 of each slope of the roof and they just
12:53 flat out denied what's clearly obvious
12:56 from pictures from descriptions what's
12:58 so impressive about insurance companies
13:00 is how much specialized knowledge they
13:03 have right they're doctors they're
13:06 Engineers that's exactly where I was
13:08 going they're making judgment calls
13:11 on structural damage to roofs these
13:15 adjusters are call making those judgment
13:16 calls and in another division in the
13:18 same company they' they've got adjusters
13:21 saying the way that that roof damage is
13:23 denied they've got people with B
13:25 suffered bodily injury saying oh this
13:27 treatment was unnecessary oh don't give
13:29 me started on health insurance wow we
13:31 have a a mutual who was diagnosed with
13:35 cancer and had to have surgery a very
13:38 invasive surgery she had half of her
13:40 tongue removed and replaced and skin
13:43 graphs and had to go through physical
13:44 therapy to learn how to use certain body
13:47 parts where they had to use take graphs
13:50 from and the insurance company said that
13:52 her Hospital the health insurance
13:54 company said that the hospital stay her
13:55 overnight stay was medically unnecessary
14:00 after this incredibly mind you she was
14:05 there for a week in the hospital yeah
14:07 they're like ah you should have been out
14:09 after like a day and it's insurance
14:10 companies making this call The Physician
14:13 her her attending physician her surgeon
14:16 I'm assuming likely recommended the stay
14:19 absolutely right it's not like she was
14:21 asking to stay yeah yeah and I know that
14:24 the insurance company is going to frame
14:26 it as if the attending physicians are
14:28 biased they're like well yeah of course
14:30 they want them to stay because they get
14:32 to earn money off of the hospital stay
14:34 but they're forgetting the fact that
14:36 this is It's medical treatment right
14:39 they're in such a better position in
14:41 reality yes there may be some some
14:44 theoretical you know truth to that that
14:46 bias but here's the reality that
14:48 attending physician is not you know is
14:51 also got to listen to his patient
14:53 there's no patient that just enjoys
14:54 staying in a hospital setting so much
14:56 that they just like I don't want to go
14:58 home get can you please extend my stay
15:01 you know it's it's not you know it's not
15:03 a festar resort it's not all-inclusive
15:06 it's it's not a vacation it's it's a
15:08 miserable place and people want to get
15:09 out of there as soon as possible so even
15:11 their patients are pushing to get out of
15:12 there I mean I think the notion that um
15:15 that that Physicians and and
15:17 hospitalists are um are keeping patients
15:20 longer than they you know that they need
15:23 um that the more than medically
15:24 necessary it I think it's a ridiculous
15:26 proposition I mean and it's it's it's
15:28 not only it's not only the fact that the
15:30 patients are pushing back but there's a
15:32 need I mean you know in in most places
15:35 thankfully Atlanta is not that bad but
15:37 when you get outside of Atlanta and you
15:39 get to rural places there's a desperate
15:41 need um for that space somebody else
15:44 needs that bed somebody else needs that
15:46 room somebody needs that ER space so the
15:49 the notion that the doctors are going to
15:51 just keep everybody else waiting while
15:53 they you know well while they overcharge
15:55 or or overuse um you know the the space
15:58 for this one patient I think is
15:59 ridiculous they they're under tremendous
16:01 pressure to to keep people moving and as
16:03 soon as they're they're well enough and
16:04 ready to be discharged they get them out
16:06 of there yeah the premise is is
16:07 ludicrous they it's funny to me how the
16:10 insurance Lobby has done such a great
16:13 job of playing the victim of course poor
16:17 us and and but they always they also
16:20 shift it because they know where the
16:21 pain point is like this this coming back
16:23 to tort reform now they're like oh
16:25 Georgia consumers and Georgia businesses
16:27 have to pay more like poor consumers
16:30 excuse my language who the [ __ ] is
16:32 charging them more exactly it's you and
16:35 they publicly traded companies we can
16:38 see how much shareholder return you have
16:40 every quarter and CEO compensation that
16:43 has never gone the other way it's only
16:45 gone up um that's right by you know
16:48 several fold um you know it it's it's
16:51 constantly the notion that a poor little
16:54 insurance company is fighting you know
16:57 and is up against this unmatched you
16:59 know this you know they can't fight
17:01 against this Behemoth that is the the
17:03 plaintiff's barns that that's ridiculous
17:06 right um they yeah that is really um
17:10 it's actually astounding that that's the
17:12 the the side that they take or the the
17:15 argument that they take my knee-jerk
17:17 reaction is to find out who the CEOs are
17:19 I'm just kidding there's a reason the
17:21 Luigi's of the world
17:23 exist on bringing it back to the
17:27 homeowners claims uh I think I'm in the
17:30 midst of the repair right now they're
17:32 going through the remediation they have
17:34 to take all the drywall out they took
17:36 the ceiling out obviously there's
17:38 insulation between so it's all
17:41 empty well you know uh water damage to
17:45 to your home it is it is crazy how
17:49 nuanced and how specific the policy gets
17:51 in terms of coverages right the one
17:53 thing that you don't have to worry about
17:54 is the the water um originated inside
17:57 your home and um and that's going to
17:59 almost always be covered right um but
18:02 the the real question um or or or the
18:05 the the real problem that that gives
18:08 homeowners sticker shock when they go to
18:10 file a claim on their homeowner's policy
18:12 is when water comes from the outside
18:14 because it really depends on what caused
18:16 that um is it is it basically um a
18:20 breakdown of the exterior barriers
18:22 that's allowing regular natural like
18:25 like rainwater or U or is it a is it
18:28 like a flooding storm like you know is
18:30 is it due to storm water or is it
18:32 discharged from a neighboring property
18:34 but based on on each one of those
18:36 different stereos there may or may not
18:38 be coverage under under those depending
18:41 on various types of coverages that that
18:43 you have under a homeowners policy um
18:45 and I only know this cuz I've had friend
18:47 uh deal with um his neighbors they
18:50 changed something in their backyard and
18:52 it changed the way the water was flowing
18:54 and so it was basically water discharged
18:56 from his neighbor's property onto his
18:58 property running up against the side
19:01 which finally gave way through the vapor
19:02 barrier um on on the I guess the first
19:06 like the basement level and um and water
19:09 was was there was water intrusion at the
19:11 basement level but they said that that
19:14 is because the water was not originating
19:16 off of his property and it was not
19:18 natural water um on his property it was
19:20 actually water being discharged off of
19:22 his neighbor's property it wasn't
19:24 covered and they fought him like for a
19:26 while wow the funniest thing about
19:29 insurance is if you don't need it it's
19:33 fine and you think you're covered it's
19:35 it's that security blanket that false
19:37 security blanket like everything's okay
19:39 the moment something goes wrong is when
19:41 you really find out what you have it
19:45 reminds me of the people that are
19:46 driving around being like I've I've got
19:47 full coverage there's no such thing as
19:50 full coverage right what what do you
19:52 mean full coverage it we're laughing at
19:54 it I'm sure like somebody listening to
19:56 this Mom hi Mom
19:59 she's like what mean I have full
20:01 coverage but there is no specific policy
20:04 there's all these different things that
20:06 will happen like uh if your car is out
20:09 of flooding flooding of a car was in
20:12 North Carolina full coverage doesn't
20:14 necessarily cover that Collision
20:17 wouldn't necessarily cover that it would
20:19 have to be comprehensive coverage like
20:21 there's these very specific types of
20:23 coverage that apply when it comes to any
20:27 insurance whether it's Auto or home and
20:29 even then you have to read the fine
20:31 print because they will find their
20:32 exclusions oh yeah yeah to rishi's point
20:36 oh it's not all flooding well the the
20:38 the my favorite is um almost you see
20:41 this in almost all policies there are
20:43 certain things that we just can't
20:44 explain how it happened we're going to
20:46 call that act of God there you go right
20:48 um and that is open to some pretty wide
20:51 interpretation um arguably you know
20:54 depending on on where you fall on the
20:56 Fai Spectrum I mean everything is an act
20:59 of God at the end of the day that's a
21:02 good point re actually never thought
21:03 about car Rex could be an act of God
21:05 even though it's due to the negligence
21:07 of another motorist oh my God Reish you
21:08 just gave the insurance carriers another
21:10 way
21:12 out wh watch that come back and bite me
21:16 yeah I think that uh this is worth a
21:19 part two even like I said mostly this
21:21 was selfish for me to review some of the
21:23 homeowner stuff uh I want to see what
21:25 what I go through uh we had uh a water
21:30 remediation company I forget the name of
21:31 the company I was going to give them
21:33 shout out Integrity all right shout out
21:35 Integrity um if you don't do well by me
21:37 I'm GNA come back on part two and blash
21:39 you that but no they've been great guys
21:42 uh Shane is Shane or Sean is from
21:46 Integrity young guy knows what he's
21:49 doing though this is pretty much all
21:51 he's been doing his entire life uh but
21:53 he's young he started right out of high
21:54 school uh they started the remediation
21:57 process and he's like this will always
21:59 get covered but I also have a feeling
22:01 that he's saying that this will always
22:03 get covered because it's going to be
22:04 within the deductible anyways so he's
22:06 like well yeah know we'll always get
22:08 paid on on the revation portion sure but
22:11 next week There's fans everywhere in the
22:14 house right now drying everything out
22:17 next week our insurance company is going
22:19 to come out we have Handover I actually
22:21 do really like Handover um there's not
22:24 many insurance companies that I like but
22:26 I like the people at Handover they
22:28 they've treated as well we've had a
22:29 couple we had a an electrical strike
22:31 here at the office they took care of us
22:33 there sorry I'm laughing I always have
22:35 to throw in a joke especially a punt as
22:37 soon as you said Handover I just want to
22:39 be like do you think they're making
22:40 money Handover
22:44 fist well played well played thank you
22:49 I've seen our premiums yes yeah I think
22:51 they are good them I think maybe that's
22:53 why they don't mind paying out on claims
22:55 every two three years they're swimming
22:56 in the cash they're like here you go
22:58 well
22:59 great investors they they they've got
23:01 good financials um I see you
23:04 Handover uh they're going to send an
23:06 adjust outout to check everything out so
23:09 the Reconstruction is going to be
23:10 another Spiel alog together so that's
23:14 what I want to do I just came up with
23:16 another one they're just coming to me
23:18 well don't set them up just say it I was
23:20 just gonna say they're not in the
23:21 business of handovers no that's not as
23:24 good unlike auto insurance I don't have
23:27 much input to be like this is you need
23:29 to look for it's I I think it's a little
23:32 bit different because it is so varied
23:34 with homeowner you know and property
23:36 policies um you know there's the overall
23:40 evaluation the value of the property and
23:42 that has to constantly be updated based
23:44 on the market value of your home and and
23:47 you know that affects your premium but
23:48 there are so many different types of
23:51 risks when it comes to home owners
23:53 policy that I I think it would be
23:54 impossible to to I mean you can cover
23:56 the you know the broad ones the ones
23:59 that are most common but you know
24:01 depending on your locality you're going
24:03 to have completely different I mean you
24:05 Florida homeowners policies are totally
24:07 different here in fact some insurance
24:09 companies they've siloed off their
24:12 Florida um Underwriters and and
24:14 operations so that if there is ever like
24:18 catastrophic thing that that that that
24:20 would otherwise tank or or would you
24:22 know really affect you know overall
24:25 profits for the for a whole company they
24:27 can at least limit that just to this one
24:28 Florida company to Rei's point I agree I
24:33 homes are one of those things where like
24:34 down to the region you're located it
24:37 probably covers based on like what what
24:40 kind of structure your home is built out
24:42 of or how it's built I should say the
24:44 materials use like Florida homes are
24:46 going to be much different than homes in
24:48 Georgia they're all going to be on stils
24:49 not all you know what I mean um versus
24:52 the weather in that particular area
24:54 whereas with automobiles or health
24:56 insurance for the most part you can kind
24:58 of
24:60 uh predict what's going to be necessary
25:02 but I think with holes yeah the rishi's
25:04 point there's so much Nuance you her
25:08 free matters yeah anecdotally I heard
25:10 about um some policies from the
25:13 Palisades
25:14 fires in California yeah that they had
25:17 not update because the your statement
25:20 just reminded me Rishi about updating
25:22 the value so these guys had Insurance in
25:25 place from the 80s and they never
25:28 updated the home home value so the
25:30 replacement cost of their home was based
25:32 off like the 1980s numbers yeah oh wow
25:35 yeah so I this is anecdotal so I haven't
25:39 actually now sound like President Trump
25:41 you know a lot of people have been
25:43 saying so I I don't know the facts
25:46 behind it but I can see that being an
25:48 issue where if you don't go back I I
25:50 actually I've got a 197 you've seen it
25:53 the the 78 Bronco that I have yeah um on
25:57 paper the market value of a 7 Bronco is
25:60 fairly low but it was like a classic
26:03 vehicle that I bought from an auction
26:04 site so I actually had to call in and
26:07 readjust I had to get oh man now I don't
26:09 remember the name of that insurance
26:10 company but they specifically do classic
26:12 cars so I went and I readjusted the
26:16 replacement value of the car based on it
26:18 being a classic 78 as opposed to just a
26:23 1978 Bronco go yeah you know so they had
26:26 to adjust it and I actually I did try to
26:28 to push it up they only they only
26:31 insured it for what I paid for it they
26:34 wouldn't go further that makes sense
26:36 which is okay because I think I could it
26:38 would be diff if something did happen to
26:39 it I I could find a comparable one
26:43 probably in that same range but you
26:46 never know yeah with these like classic
26:49 cars or or one-offs it's tough to find a
26:52 replacement cost and and get an
26:53 insurance company to agree yeah yeah buy
26:56 or beware
26:59 tour Act of God
27:02 no I don't know what that is in Latin
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