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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, UICI, a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as the
"Company"), intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8
relating to the issuance and sale of up to 1,610,000 shares of its Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, to be issued under the Company's Employee Stock
Ownership and Savings Plan; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned holds the office or offices in the
Company herein below set opposite his or her name, respectively;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
Gregory T. Mutz and Glenn W. Reed and each of them individually, his attorney
with full power to act for him or her and in his name, place and stead, to sign
his name in the capacity or capacities set forth below to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the issuance and sale of up to
1,610,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be
issued under the Company's Employee Stock Ownership and Savings Plan and to any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
Statement, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this
11th day of August, 2000.
Ronald L. Jensen, Chairman and Director /s/ RONALD L. JENSEN
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Gregory T. Mutz, Director and President and Chief
Executive Officer /s/ GREGORY T. MUTZ
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William J. Gedwed, Director /s/ WILLIAM J. GEDWED
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Richard T. Mockler, Director /s/ RICHARD T. MOCKLER
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Patrick J. McLaughlin, Director /s/ PATRICK J. MCLAUGHLIN
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Stuart D. Bilton, Director /s/ STUART D. BILTON
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George H. Lane III, Director /s/ GEORGE H. LANE III
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