EXHIBIT 23.2


             Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm's Consent

The Board of Directors
Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-104257) on Form S-8 and (No. 333-113823) on Form S-3 of Platinum
Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. ("Platinum") of our report dated March 21, 2003,
relating to the combined statements of underwriting results and identifiable
underwriting cash flows of The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Reinsurance Underwriting
Segment (Predecessor) for the period from January 1, 2002 through November 1,
2002, which report appears in the December 31, 2004, annual report on Amended
Form 10-K/A of Platinum. Our report contains an explanatory paragraph that
states that the combined statements are not intended to be a complete
presentation of Predecessor's or The St. Paul Companies, Inc.'s results of
operations or cash flows.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 20, 2005