EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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 23rd day of
May, 1996.



                                               /s/ Robert W. Fiondella
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Robert W. Fiondella









                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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 15th day of May,
1996.



                                               /s/ Bernard Kelly
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Bernard Kelly









                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
director of PXRE Corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints
Gerald L. Radke and Sanford M. Kimmel, and each of them singly, as her 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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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
she 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 15th day of May,
1996.



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









                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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 23rd day of
May, 1996.



                                               /s/ Edward P. Lyons
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Edward P. Lyons










                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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 23rd day of
May, 1996.



                                               /s/ Philip R. McLoughlin
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Philip R. McLoughlin









                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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 14th day of May,
1996.



                                               /s/ David W. Searfoss
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   David W. Searfoss









                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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 14th day of May,
1996.



                                               /s/ Donald H. Trautlein
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Donald H. Trautlein








                                                                      EXHIBIT 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
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
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company and any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, and supplements (if any) thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The undersigned does
hereby grant unto such 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 14th day of May,
1996.



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