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EXHIBIT 23.3
The Board of Directors
Professionals Group Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-4 of ProAssurance Corporation of our report dated February 23, 1999, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of Professionals Group, Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the two-year period ended December 31, 1998, and the related financial
statement schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report
on Form 10-K of Professionals Group, Inc, and is referenced in the registration
statement, and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
registration statement.
The consolidated financial statements and related financial statement schedule
give retroactive effect to the merger of Professionals Group, Inc., and
Physicians Protective Trust Fund, on July 1, 1998, which has been accounted for
as a pooling of interests business combination.
/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP
Detroit, Michigan
November 3, 2000
