POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an
officer and/or director of PXRE Group Ltd. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Gerald L. Radke, James F. Dore and F. Sedgwick Browne, 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, 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
any 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 any 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 October, 1999.

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












                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an
officer and/or director of PXRE Group Ltd. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Gerald L. Radke, James F. Dore and F. Sedgwick Browne, 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, 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
any 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 any 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 October, 1999.


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













                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an
officer and/or director of PXRE Group Ltd. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Gerald L. Radke, James F. Dore and F. Sedgwick Browne, 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, 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
any 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 any 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 October, 1999.



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













                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an
officer and/or director of PXRE Group Ltd. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Gerald L. Radke, James F. Dore and F. Sedgwick Browne, 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, 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
any 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 any 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 October, 1999.


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












                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an
officer and/or director of PXRE Group Ltd. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Gerald L. Radke, James F. Dore and F. Sedgwick Browne, 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, 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
any 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 any 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 October, 1999.


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












                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an
officer and/or director of PXRE Group Ltd. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Gerald L. Radke, James F. Dore and F. Sedgwick Browne, 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, 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
any 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 any 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 October, 1999.

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













                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, an
officer and/or director of PXRE Group Ltd. (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Gerald L. Radke, James F. Dore and F. Sedgwick Browne, 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, 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
any 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 any 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 October, 1999.

                                            /s/ F. Sedgwick Browne
                                            --------------------------
                                            F. Sedgwick Browne