POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

Victor T. Adamo, Howard Friedman, and Frank O'Neil, and each of them, with full

power of substitution and/or revocation, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-

fact:

(1) to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as

an officer and/or director of ProAssurance Corporation (the "Company"), any and all

forms (including, without limitation, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5) required or desired to

be executed by or on behalf of the undersigned in accordance with Section 16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (the "Forms");

(2) to do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form and timely file

such Form with the appropriate governmental authority (including, without limitation, the

United States Securities and Exchange Commission) and any stock exchange or similar

authority; and

(3) to take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing

which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,

or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed

by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of

Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such

attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority

to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper

to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all

intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full

power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such

attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or

cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and each of

them, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor

is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with

Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is

no longer required to file Forms in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, with respect to the

undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless

earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of June 28, 2007.

Signed   s/W. Stancil Starnes

Print Name: W. Stancil Starnes