Exhibit 23.1



            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
The Navigators Group, Inc. and subsidiaries

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2005
of The Navigators Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") of our reports
dated February 28, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the
Company as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity, comprehensive income and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, and all
related financial statement schedules, management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2004, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004, which reports appear in the Company's December 31, 2004
Annual Report on Form 10-K and to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Experts" in the registration statement.


/s/ KPMG LLP

New York, New York
September 23, 2005