**Exhibit 31.1**
  **Certification**
  I,
        James
        R. Fisher, certify that:
  1.  I
        have
        reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Bristol West
        Holdings, Inc.;
  2.  Based
        on
        my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
        fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
        in
 light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
        with respect to the period covered by this report;
  3.  Based
        on
        my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
        in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
 results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
        periods presented in this report;
  4.  The
        registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
        maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
        Rules 13a-
 15(e)
        and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
  a.  Designed
        such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
        and
        procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
 material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
        subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
        during the
 period in which this report is being prepared;
  b.  Evaluated
        the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
        presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
 disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
        this
        report based on such evaluation; and
  c.  Disclosed
        in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
        reporting that occurred during the registrant’s first fiscal quarter that has
 materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
        registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.  The
        registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
        recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
        registrant’s auditors
 and
        the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing
        the equivalent functions):
  a.  All
        significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
        of
        internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
 adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
        report financial information; and
  b.  Any
        fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
        who
        have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial
 reporting.
   Date:
                  August 12, 2005/s/  JAMES
                  R. FISHERJames
                  R. FisherChairman
                  and Chief Executive
                  Officer