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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
Deloitte &
Touche
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                     Chartered Accountants     
                     Deloitte & Touche         Telephone: National 01719363000
                     Stonecutter Court         International + 44 171 936 3000
                     1 Stonecutter Street      Telex: 884739 TRLNDN G
                     London EC4A 4TR           FAX (Gp. 3): 0171 538 1198
                                               LDE; DX 599

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in your Registration Statement for
the 1997 Key Employee Stock Plan of Crawford and Company on Form S-8 of our
report dated December 1, 1994, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Crawford and Company for the year ended December 31, 1996.


/s/  Deloitte & Touche
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DELOITTE & TOUCHE

March 24, 1997





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