What the statute says
Fla. Stat. 626.9744 addresses "matching" of repaired or replaced items to undamaged portions of the property. When items of like kind and quality cannot reasonably be matched, the insurer must pay for the replacement of a reasonably continuous area.
What this means for your claim
If hail damages a section of your tile roof and the tile is no longer manufactured (or cannot be matched within a reasonable tolerance), the carrier cannot require you to accept mismatched replacement. The matching statute typically supports replacement of the entire continuous roof area.
The same logic applies to siding, interior tile, fixtures, and finishes.
Carrier pushback
Carriers routinely deny matching under arguments like "the replacement is aesthetic only" or "partial replacement is functionally sufficient." The statute is your counter. Document the continuous-area and the unavailability-of-match, and invoke the statute in your demand.

