SUZANNE B. LABARGE

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECURITIES OWNERSHIP REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of John Kelly and Karen Kanjian, and each of them acting singly,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-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, file and/or maintain (a) Forms 3, 4,
and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of  XL
Group plc, an Irish public limited company (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") and (b)
notifications in writing of acquisitions or disposals of interests in the shares
or debentures of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company (including all
registers of such notifications filed from time to time) pursuant to Section 53
of the Irish Companies Act, 1990, as amended (the "Companies Act") and in
accordance with the requirements of the Companies 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 brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

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

The undersigned acknowledges that:

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

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by each such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will, subject to
any applicable law, be in such form and will contain such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary
or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor any such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the respective requirements
of the Exchange Act or the Companies 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 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 or with respect to the notification requirements of Section 53 of
the Companies Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of 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 each such attorney-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 Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 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 signed writing delivered to the
Company, attention the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 26th day of October, 2011.


                                         s/ Suzanne Labarge
                                         Signature


                                         Suzanne Labarge
                                         Print Name


CITY OF DUBLIN

COUNTRY OF IRELAND


	On this 26th day of October, 2011, Suzanne B. Labarge personally appeared
before me, and acknowledged that she executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein contained.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand.



                                         s/ Rhicert Webb
                                         Solicitor