Can an insurer be held liable for attorney fees?

Under Brandt v. Superior Court., "When an insurer's tortious conduct reasonably compels the insured to retain an attorney to obtain the benefits due under a policy, it follows that the insurer should be liable in a tort action for that

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expense. The attorney's fees are an economic lossdamagesproximately caused by the tort." Brandt v. Superior Court, 37 Cal. 3d 813, 817 (1985). The fees "are recoverable as damages resulting from a tort in the same way that medical fees would be part of the damages in a personal injury action." Id.