Exhibit 24

                                      DIRECTORS'
                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That each of the undersigned Directors of
Protective Life Corporation, a Delaware corporation, ("Company") by his
execution hereof or upon an identical counterpart hereof, does hereby
constitute and appoint William J. Rushton III, Drayton Nabers, Jr.,
John D. Johns, or Jerry W. DeFoor, and each or any of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his name, place and stead,
to execute and sign the 1993 Annual Report on Form 10-K to be filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, further, to execute and
sign any and all amendments to such Annual Report, and to file same, with all
exhibits and schedules thereto and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
the acts of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them which
they may lawfully do in the premises or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal
this 25th day of March, 1994.

WITNESS TO ALL SIGNATURES:

/s/ John K. Wright
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John K. Wright

/s/ William J. Rushton III
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William J. Rushton III

/s/ John W. Woods
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John W. Woods

/s/ Crawford F. Johnson III
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Crawford F. Johnson III

/s/ William J. Cabaniss, Jr.
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William J. Cabaniss, Jr.

/s/ H. G. Pattillo
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H. G. Pattillo

/s/ Drayton Nabers, Jr.
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Drayton Nabers, Jr.

/s/ Edward L. Addison
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Edward L. Addison

/s/ John J. McMahon, Jr.
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John J. McMahon, Jr.

/s/ A. W. Dahlberg
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A. W. Dahlberg

/s/ John W. Rouse, Jr.
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John W. Rouse, Jr.

/s/ Robert T. David
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Robert T. David

/s/ Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
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Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.

/s/ Herbert A. Sklenar
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Herbert A. Sklenar