EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                       /s/ Jesse C. Crawford



                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.2

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                      /s/ Linda K. Crawford



                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.3

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                 /s/ E. Jenner Wood, III



                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.4

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                        /s/ J. Hicks Lanier



                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.5

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                         /s/ Larry L. Prince




                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.6

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                       /s/ Charles Flather



                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.7

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                       /s/ John A. Williams



                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.8

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of CRAWFORD & COMPANY, a Georgia corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints PETER J. RESCIGNO and JOHN F.
GIBLIN, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
to sign (1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003; (2) any other reports or registration statements to be filed
by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any
national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any and all amendments thereto, and any and all instruments and
documents filed as part of or in connection with any such reports or
registration statements or reports or amendments thereto; and in connection with
the foregoing, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all
instrument which such attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or
advisable to enable this Corporation to comply with the securities laws of the
United States and of any State or other political subdivision thereof; hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed these presents this
3rd day of February, 2004.

                                                    /s/ Clarence H. Ridley