POWER OF ATTORNEY OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Published on July 3, 1997



EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of
Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. By so signing, each of the undersigned, in his capacity as a
director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of RenaissanceRe Holdings
Ltd. (the "Corporation"), does hereby appoint Keith S. Hynes and John D.
Nichols, Jr., on either of them, his true and lawful attorney to execute in his
name, place and stead, in his capacity as a director or officer or both, as the
case may be, of the Company, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), and any and all
amendments to said Registration Statement and all instruments necessary or
incidental in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Commission.
Said attorneys, or either of the, shall have full power and authority to do and
perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to be done in the
premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as each of the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorney.

SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ James N. Stanard President and Chief July 3, 1997
- ------------------------------- Executive Officer
JAMES N. STANARD and Chairman of the
Board of Directors

/s/ Keith S. Hynes Senior Vice July 3, 1997
- ------------------------------- President and Chief
KEITH S. HYNES Financial Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Arthur S. Bahr
- ------------------------------- Director July 3, 1997
ARTHUR S. BAHR

/s/ Thomas A. Cooper Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
THOMAS A. COOPER

/s/ Edmund B. Greene Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
EDMUND B. GREENE

/s/ Gerald L. Igou Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
GERALD L. IGOU

/s/ Kewsong Lee Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
KEWSONG LEE

/s/ John M. Lummis Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
JOHN M. LUMMIS

SIGNATURE TITLE DATE

/s/ Howard H. Newman Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
HOWARD H. NEWMAN

/s/ Scott E. Pardee Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
SCOTT E. PARDEE

/s/ John C. Sweeney Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
JOHN C. SWEENEY

/s/ David A. Tanner Director July 3, 1997
- -------------------------------
DAVID A. TANNER