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                                                                      EXHIBIT 11


                    CAPSURE HOLDINGS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

                         EARNINGS PER SHARE COMPUTATION
                 (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)





                                                                    Years Ended December 31,
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                                                                    1995      1994      1993
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Net income .....................................................  $ 20,530  $ 14,378  $ 16,284
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Shares:
Weighted average shares outstanding ............................    15,404    15,160    15,036

Additional shares from assumed warrants and options exercised ..       298       256       379
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Total shares outstanding for calculation .......................    15,702    15,416    15,415

Additional shares from assumed warrants and options exercised -
  assuming full dilution(1) ....................................       215        39       (54)
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Total shares outstanding - assuming full dilution ..............    15,917    15,455    15,361
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Earnings per share based on:
  Weighted average common shares outstanding ...................  $   1.33  $    .95  $   1.08
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  Weighted average common and common equivalent shares
     outstanding(2) ............................................  $   1.31  $    .93  $   1.06
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  Weighted average common and common equivalent shares
     outstanding - assuming full dilution(2) ...................  $   1.29  $   .93   $   1.06
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(1) Amount is anti-dilutive for 1993.
(2) The dilutive effect of common stock equivalents was less than 3% for all
years.