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.  Stock Option Plan for  Non-Employee  Directors)  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