Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 914 Ì806840#Î806840 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/21/2020 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Brandes) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 17 - 44 4 and insert: 5 (4) In an award of attorney fees under this section for a 6 claim arising under a property insurance policy, a strong 7 presumption is created that a lodestar fee is sufficient and 8 reasonable. Such presumption may be rebutted only in a rare and 9 exceptional circumstance with evidence that competent counsel 10 could not be retained in a reasonable manner. 11 12 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 13 And the title is amended as follows: 14 Delete lines 5 - 9 15 and insert: 16 insurance policies, a strong presumption is created 17 that a lodestar fee is sufficient and reasonable; 18 providing that such presumption may be rebutted only 19 under certain circumstances; providing an