EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
director of PXRE Corporation, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

                                                  /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, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st of March,
1997.

                                                  /s/ Franklin D. Haftl
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Franklin D. Haftl














                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an officer and/or
director of PXRE Corporation, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

                                                  /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, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

                                                  /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, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

                                                  /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, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

                                                  /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, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

                                                  /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, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

                                                  /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, a Delaware 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-4 of the Company and
any and all amendments thereto, 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 31st day of March,
1997.

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