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LLOYD’S AND COMPANIES OF LLOYD’S, a foreign corporation, d/b/a Ropner Insurance Services, Ltd. and Lloyd’s Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers, and Ray Hampson and Associates, Inc., Appellants, v. Donald L. WOLLARD d/b/a Sea Lark Marine Co., Appellee.
    No. 81-2446.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Oct. 26, 1982.
    
      Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot and William McCarthy, Miami, for appellants.
    Marks, Aronovitz & Leinoff and Todd Aronovitz, Miami, for appellee.
    Before HENDRY, NESBITT, and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

A negotiated settlement between an insured and his insurer does not entitle the insured to attorney’s fees pursuant to Section 627.428, Florida Statutes (1979). American Home Assurance Co. v. Keller Industries, Inc., 347 So.2d 767 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977), cert. denied, 360 So.2d 1249 (Fla.1978), cert. dismissed, 367 So.2d 1124 (Fla.1979).

Reversed.