Exhibit 23.2


                              KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
                            THREE EMBARCADERO CENTER
                             SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111





The Board of Directors
Dignity Partners, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement (Dignity
Partners, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan) on Form S-8 of Dignity Partners, Inc. and
into the prospectus  related to such registration  statement of our report dated
March 11, 1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Dignity Partners,
Inc. as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the related consolidated  statements
of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year  period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears in the December
31, 1995 annual report on Form 10-K of Dignity  Partners,  Inc. We also consent
to the use of our name in the prospectus related to such registration statement.


                                                     /s/KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


San Francisco, California
February 13, 1997