Exhibit 23.4
[LETTERHEAD OF KPMG]
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
LaSalle Re Holdings Limited
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Trenwick Group Ltd. 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" in such Registration Statement.
/s/ KPMG
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KPMG
Chartered Accountants
Hamilton, Bermuda
October 5, 2000
