EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Ronald L. Bornhuetter 
                                          ------------------------ 
                                          Ronald L. Bornhuetter
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998
 




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown and each and any one of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his
name, place and stead, to sign the name of the undersigned in the Report of
NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and all amendments thereto, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Nicholas M. Brown, Jr.
                                          -------------------------
                                          Nicholas M. Brown, Jr.
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998
 





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr. Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Robert A. Belfer
                                          -------------------------
                                          Robert A. Belfer
                                          Director

Dated:  March 11, 1998
 




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/John P. Birkelund
                                          -------------------------
                                          John P. Birkelund
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998

 





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/C. W. Carson, Jr.
                                          -------------------------
                                          C. W. Carson, Jr.
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998
 





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Dan Ciampa
                                          -------------------------
                                          Dan Ciampa
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Todd G. Cole
                                          -------------------------
                                          Todd G. Cole
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998

 


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman, and Celia R.
Brown and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of
the undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any
and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Michael G. Fitt
                                          -------------------------
                                          Michael G. Fitt
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998

 





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Daniel J. McNamara
                                          -------------------------
                                          Daniel J. McNamara
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998

 





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Stephen Robert
                                          -------------------------
                                          Stephen Robert
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998

 





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Nicholas M. Brown, Jr., Martha G. Bannerman and Celia R. Brown
and each and any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign the name of the
undersigned in the Report of NAC Re Corp. on Form 10-K for 1997 and any and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
one of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his hand.



                                          /s/Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.
                                          -------------------------
                                          Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.
                                          Director


Dated:  March 11, 1998