Florida lawmakers are likely to spend the weekend hashing overcompeting insurance reform proposals with worrisome provisions forinsurers, industry lobbyists said.

The legislation is expected to be passed by the state House andSenate on Wednesday. State Senate President Ken Pruitt, R-St.Lucie, remarked to his members yesterday that they should plan onstaying the weekend at the state capitol in Tallahassee.

While there are some significant differences between the billpackages involved, they both aim to reduce property insurancepremiums for state homeowners and contain provisions of majorconcern to the insurance industry.

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