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 John J. Dunn, Jr., William F. Carlton, and J. Mark
Flippin 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 Insurance 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");

     (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 shall remain in full force and effect
until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of
Attorney to be executed this 8th day of March, 2016.

/s/ Timothy A. Walsh
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Timothy A. Walsh