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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Robert W. Fiondella

                                                 Robert W. Fiondella


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Franklin D. Haftl

                                                 Franklin D. Haftl


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Bernard Kelly

                                                 Bernard Kelly


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Wendy Luscombe

                                                 Wendy Luscombe


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Edward P. Lyons

                                                 Edward P. Lyons


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin

                                                 Philip R. McLoughlin


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ David W. Searfoss

                                                 David W. Searfoss


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Donald H. Trautlein

                                                 Donald H. Trautlein


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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, acting in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, to sign the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996, and all amendments or supplements (if any) thereto, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents (and either of them) full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and
agents (and either of them), or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day
of March, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Wilson Wilde

                                                 Wilson Wilde


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