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                                                                    EXHIBIT 2.A

KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP






                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
American Claims Evaluation, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement No.
33-41350 on Form S-8 of American Claims Evaluation, Inc. of our report dated
May 30, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of American Claims
Evaluation, Inc. and subsidiary as of March 31, 1997 and 1996, the related
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended March 31, 1997 which report appears in the
March 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of American Claims Evaluation, Inc.




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June 20, 1997


