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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and
directors of Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc., a Michigan corporation (the
"Company"), do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph C. Henry or Robert S.
Cubbin, and each of them the true and lawful attorneys and agents or attorney or
agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute
any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1934 as amended, and any rules or
regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2001. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted
include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers
and directors in the capacities indicated below to the Form 10-K for fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001, to any and all amendments, or supplements to the Form
10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 and to any and all instruments or
documents filed as part of or in conjunction with the Form 10-K for fiscal year
ended December 31, 2001 or amendments or supplements thereto, and each of the
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents or
any of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of
Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney and has been signed by the following persons on the date indicated
opposite his/her name.



         SIGNATURE                TITLE                              DATE
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/s/ Merton J. Segal       Chairman, Chief Executive           February 13, 2002
-----------------------   Officer and Director (Principal
    Merton J. Segal       Executive Officer


/s/ Robert S. Cubbin       President, Chief Operating         February 13, 2002
-----------------------    Officer and Director
    Robert S. Cubbin


/s/ Joseph C. Henry       Executive Vice President,           February 13, 2002
-----------------------   Interim Chief Financial Officer,
    Joseph C. Henry       Treasurer and Director


/s/ Robert W. Sturgis                                         February 13, 2002
-----------------------             Director
    Robert W. Sturgis




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         SIGNATURE                    TITLE                    DATE
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/s/ David K. Page                     Director         February 13, 2002
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    David K. Page


/s/ Hugh W. Greenberg                 Director         February 13, 2002
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    Hugh W. Greenberg


/s/ Irvin F. Swider, Sr.              Director         February 13, 2002
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    Irvin F. Swider, Sr.


/s/ Bruce E. Thal                     Director         February 13, 2002
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    Bruce E. Thal


/s/ Joseph S. Dresner                 Director         February 13, 2002
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    Joseph S. Dresner


/s/ Herbert Tyner                     Director         February 13, 2002
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    Herbert Tyner


/s/ Florine Mark                      Director         February 13, 2002
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    Florine Mark



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      SIGNATURE                    TITLE                     DATE
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/s/ Robert H. Naftaly              Director             February 13, 2002
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Robert H. Naftaly