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Total loss
Situation where a damaged property's salvage or repair cost exceeds its insured value / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For accounting or tax depreciation, see Write off.
In insurance claims, a total loss or write-off is a situation where the lost value, repair cost or salvage cost of a damaged property exceeds its insured value, and simply replacing the old property with a new equivalent is more cost-effective.[1][2]
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Such a loss may be an "actual total loss" or a "constructive total loss". Constructive total loss considers further incidental expenses beyond repair, such as force majeure.