Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations

STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF GALVESTON

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes
and appoints Deborah K. Janson, I. JeLayne Hoffman, Gretta G. Bassett, and Sean
A. Monticello as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full
power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name,
place, and stead of the undersigned to:

     (1)   Prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver, and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
           (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
           American National Group, Inc. (the "Company"), with the United States
           Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges
           , and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section
           16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and
           regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the
           "Exchange Act");

     (2)   Seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
           undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
           securities from any third party (including without limitation
           brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees), and the
           undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
           information to such attorneys-in-fact and approves and ratifies any
           such release of information; and

     (3)   Perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
           attorneys-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
           undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

     (1) This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
         attorneys-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided
         to such attorneys-in-fact without independent verification of such
         information;

     (2) Any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorneys-in-fact on
         behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney
         will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure
         as such attorneys-in-fact, in their discretion, deem necessary or
         desirable;

     (3) Neither the Company nor such attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability
         for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of
         the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure
         to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
         of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
         Exchange Act; and

     (4) This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
         responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
         the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting
         requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

      The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorneys-in-fact of, for
and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

      This Limited Power of Attorney revokes any previous Power of Attorney
granted by the undersigned with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a subsequently executed Power of Attorney or a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed this 23rd day of June, 2021.

/s/ James P. Payne
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James P. Payne