Donegal (DGICA) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Donegal Group Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 14, 2014, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Donegal Group Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, incorporated herein by reference.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 18, 2014