The personal property replacement cost endorsement changes how contents losses are settled, from:
Explanation
Without the endorsement, personal property is settled at actual cash value, which is replacement cost less depreciation for age and wear. The endorsement pays the cost of new property of like kind and quality, subject to the policy conditions, so a ten-year-old sofa is replaced rather than depreciated. The endorsement changes valuation, not the perils insured, so the named-perils answer describes a different change.
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