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[DELOITTE & TOUCHE LOGO]
                               DELOITTE & TOUCHE

                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



We consent to the incorporation by reference in your Registration Statement for
the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Crawford and Company on Form S-8 of our
report dated December 1, 1994, appearing in this Annual Report on From 10-K of
Crawford and Company for the year ended December 31, 1995.




/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE


DELOITTE & TOUCHE

March 18, 1996