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 Stock Option Plan for  Non-Employee  Directors
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 Stock Option Plan for  Non-Employee  Directors
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 Stock Option Plan for  Non-Employee  Directors
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 Stock Option Plan for  Non-Employee  Directors
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