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Exhibit 23.1
[Letterhead of KPMG]
The Board of Directors
LaSalle Re Holdings Limited
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-
64543) on Form S-3 and registration statements (No. 333-38653) and (No. 333-
38655) on Forms S-8 of LaSalle Re Holdings Limited of our report dated October
26, 1998, except as to Note 2(p), which is as of July 13, 2000, relating to the
consolidated balance sheet of LaSalle Re Holdings Limited and subsidiaries as of
September 30, 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations and
comprehensive income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of
the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 1998, and all related
schedules, which report appears in the amended annual report on Form 10-K/A for
the year ended September 30, 1999 of LaSalle Re Holdings Limited, and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts".
/s/ KPMG
Hamilton, Bermuda
Chartered Accountants
August 22, 2000
