1 EXHIBIT 24 POWERS OF ATTORNEY 2 EXHIBIT 24 POWERS OF ATTORNEY THE UNDERSIGNED, A DIRECTOR OF GENERAL RE CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION (THE "CORPORATION"), HEREBY DESIGNATES EACH OF CHARLES F. BARR AND ROBERT D. GRAHAM AS HIS ATTORNEY IN FACT TO EXECUTE ON HIS BEHALF, AS A DIRECTOR OF THE CORPORATION, THE CORPORATION'S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. -------------------------------------- Original powers of attorney in this form signed by each of the following: LUCY WILSON BENSON WALTER M. CABOT JOHN C. ETLING RONALD E. FERGUSON WILLIAM C. FERGUSON DONALD J. KIRK KAY KOPLOVITZ EDWARD H. MALONE ANDREW W. MATHIESON DAVID E. MCKINNEY STEPHEN A. ROSS WALTER F. WILLIAMS Dated: February 8, 1995