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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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /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 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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /s/ Wilson Wilde
                                       -----------------------------------
                                       Wilson Wilde









 
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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, 1995, 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,
1996.



                                       /s/ Wendy Luscombe
                                       -----------------------------------
                                       Wendy Luscombe



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