TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist said he has not given up on further insurance reform in the last days of session.

“It’s been an extraordinary session,” he said, applauding lawmakers for passing his anti-murder legislation as well as continuing to squeeze more from the state’s insurance industry.

Neither chamber has yet to pass Crist’s central insurance bill, allowing Citizens Property Insurance more room to compete with private companies. The House stripped the provision from the bill. Its stronger Senate companion was readied Tuesday for a floor vote.

“They’ve done great work already and I think they will continue to do more. We’ve got four more days to do more good work,” Crist said.

On Tuesday, senators put their own Citizens Property Insurance bill through its paces, adding an amendment to freeze rates by the state-run insurer another year, until January 2009.

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