EXHIBIT 24.1  

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The  undersigned,  as an officer and/or  director of Dignity  Partners,  Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint Alan B.
Perper as his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to
the  registration  of shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  par value $.01 per
share, pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and any and
all  amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  to  such  Registration
Statement,  and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform  each and every act and thing  necessary  or desirable to be done in and
about the  premises,  as fully to all  intents and  purposes as the  undersigned
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his  substitute,  may  lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of February, 1997.



                                                     /s/Bradley N. Rotter
                                                     ----------------------
                                                     Bradley N. Rotter



                                                               EXHIBIT 24.1
                                          
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The  undersigned,  as an officer and/or  director of Dignity  Partners,  Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint Alan B.
Perper as his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to
the  registration  of shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  par value $.01 per
share, pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and any and
all  amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  to  such  Registration
Statement,  and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform  each and every act and thing  necessary  or desirable to be done in and
about the  premises,  as fully to all  intents and  purposes as the  undersigned
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his  substitute,  may  lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of February, 1997.



                                                     /s/John Ward Rotter
                                                     ----------------------
                                                     John Ward Rotter



                                                               EXHIBIT 24.1
                                              
                          POWER OF ATTORNEY


The  undersigned,  as an officer and/or  director of Dignity  Partners,  Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint Alan B.
Perper as his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to
the  registration  of shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  par value $.01 per
share, pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and any and
all  amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  to  such  Registration
Statement,  and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform  each and every act and thing  necessary  or desirable to be done in and
about the  premises,  as fully to all  intents and  purposes as the  undersigned
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his  substitute,  may  lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of February, 1997.



                                                     /s/Stephen T. Bow
                                                     ----------------------  
                                                     Stephen T. Bow





                                                            EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


The  undersigned,  as an officer and/or  director of Dignity  Partners,  Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), does hereby constitute and appoint Alan B.
Perper as his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with full power of
substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to
the  registration  of shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  par value $.01 per
share, pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended, and any and
all  amendments  (including  post-effective  amendments)  to  such  Registration
Statement,  and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform  each and every act and thing  necessary  or desirable to be done in and
about the  premises,  as fully to all  intents and  purposes as the  undersigned
might or could do in  person,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that said
attorney-in-fact  and agent or his  substitute,  may  lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of February, 1997.



                                                     /s/Paul A. Volberding
                                                     ----------------------
                                                     Paul A. Volberding