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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
    
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
Century Surety Company
 
The Board of Directors and Shareholder
Commercial Surety Agency, Inc.:
 
   
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of our report for Century Surety Company dated April 9, 1996, except
as to note 12, which is as of June 14, 1996, and our report for Commercial
Surety Agency, Inc. dated June 7, 1996, included in the Republic Environmental
Systems, Inc. definitive information statement dated September 23, 1996 and to
the reference to our firm under the heading "experts" in the prospectus. Our
report for Century Surety Company refers to a change in accounting for certain
investments in debt and equity securities in 1994.
    
 
                                            /s/  KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Cleveland, Ohio
   
December   , 1996