EXHIBIT 23.1


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



Erie Indemnity Company


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 7, 2002,
which appears on page 31 of the annual report on Form 10-K of Erie Indemnity
Company and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2001, and to our report
dated February 7, 2002 which appears on page F-2 of this Registration Statement
and to the reference to our Firm under the caption "Experts" in the Prospectus.


/s/ Malin, Bergquist & Company, LLP




Erie, Pennsylvania
November 8, 2002