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EXHIBIT 14




                  GENWORTH LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

NAMED REGISTRATION STATEMENTS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                 ON FORM N-4, FORM N-6, FORM S-1 AND FORM S-3

The undersigned officers and directors of Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance
Company, a Virginia corporation (the "Company"), hereby nominate and appoint
Lance R. Berthiaume, Matthew P. Keppler, Thomas E. Duffy and Michael D. Pappas,
with full power to each of them to act in their names and in place of any and
all capacities, to execute on behalf of the undersigned the following
Registration Statements on Form N-4 and Form N-6 under the Securities Act of
1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as well as Form S-1 filed under
the Securities Act of 1933 and to file any amendments and correspondence as
such individuals deem necessary with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission:

    1. variable annuity contracts filed on Form N-4 (SEC File Nos. 033-17428,
       033-76336, 033-76334, 333-62695, 333-63531, 333-96513, 333-31172,
       333-47732, 333-67904, 333-133425, 333-134457, 333-138258, 333-140575,
       333-143407, 333-149595 and 333-162503);

    2. variable life insurance policies filed on Form N-6 (SEC File Nos.
       333-72572, 333-111213, 333-111440, 033-09651, 333-32071, 333-40820,
       333-41031, 333-82311, and 333-111208);

    3. guaranteed term option and market value adjustment annuity contracts
       filed on Form S-1 (SEC File Nos. 333-141514, 333-69620 and 333-69786);
       and

    4. guaranteed income annuity contracts and certificates filed on Form S-1
       (SEC File No. 333-143494).

The above-named officers shall also have authority to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission all such pre-effective amendments, post-effective
amendments, supplements, applications for exemption and other filings,
submissions and communications relating to the above-named registration
statements and applicable separate accounts, as well as authority to do and to
perform each and every act necessary and/or appropriate as fully and with all
intents and purposes as the Company itself and the undersigned officers and
directors might or could do. The delegation of authority contained in this
Limited Power of Attorney shall supercede all previous powers given by the
undersigned officers and directors of the Company with respect to the
above-named registration statements for the purposes described herein and shall
continue in full force and effect until this Limited Power of Attorney is
amended or rescinded or superceded by further action of the undersigned officer
of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned in his or her capacity as officer and/or
director, as indicated below, has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be
executed in his or her name for the specified purpose described above as of
March 29, 2018.

                        (SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE)

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                         GENWORTH LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

                         By:  /s/  David W. O'Leary
                              --------------------------------------------------
                              David W. O'Leary
                              Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

                         By:  /s/  Thomas J. McInerney
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                              Thomas J. McInerney
                              Director, Chairperson of the Board and Senior
                                Vice President

                         By:  /s/  Daniel J. Sheehan, IV
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                              Daniel J. Sheehan, IV
                              Director, Senior Vice President and Chief
                                Investment Officer

                         By:  /s/  Gregory S. Karawan
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                              Gregory S. Karawan
                              Director

                         By:  /s/  Jeffrey S. Wright
                              --------------------------------------------------
                              Jeffrey S. Wright
                              Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

                         By:  /s/  Angela R. Simmons
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                              Angela R. Simmons
                              Vice President and Controller

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