No, Replacement Cost policies require you to
actually rebuild the structure or replace an article before the insurance
company will pay the full cost of replacement.
Before replacement, the insurance company pays you a depreciated (reduced)
amount the insurance company calls actual cash value (ACV). Once the
structure is rebuilt or an item is replaced (with your own money) you must
prove to the insurance company that you paid the full replacement cost,
only then will the insurance company pay you the difference.
Unfortunately, most insurance company adjusters do not understand
indemnification or know the proper rules on depreciation. Withholding any
amount may be improper and usually excessive amounts are withheld. By
severely limiting the amount of funds you have immediately available to
work with it is difficult if not impossible to ever recover all your
entitlement.
Some insurance companies even wrongly try to withhold additional amounts
such as sales tax, building permits, architects fees, freight costs and
Overhead and Profit.