POWER OF ATTORNEY
      KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that I do hereby appoint David
M. Cleff and Elise M. Clarke, and each of them, as my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact to:
(1)     prepare, execute in my name and on my behalf, and
submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto,
and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling me to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required
by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2)      execute for me and on my behalf, in my capacity as
an officer and/or director of State National
Companies, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder;
(3)      do and perform any and all acts for me and on my
behalf which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4)       take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in
the best interest of, or legally required by, me, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorneys-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorneys-in-fact
may approve in his or her discretion.
     I hereby grant to such attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or such
attorneys-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  I acknowledge that each of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my
request, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 26th day of February 2016.


/s/ David Hale