Insurers in Florida today were arranging for the services of adjusters, anticipating that Hurricane Wilma will be arriving this weekend as the eighth hurricane to hit the state in 14 months.

"We're finding we have them, but a lot of adjusters are working in other states," said Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida Insurance Council.

Mark Saunders, a meteorologist with Tropical Storm Risk, Benfield Hazard Research Center in London, said Wilma==which at its peak today featured wind speeds of 175 miles-per-hour==will probably hit Southwest Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained wind speeds of 120 mph to 130 mph.

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