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                                                                    EXHIBIT 32.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, the undersigned officer of ING Life
Insurance and Annuity Company (the "Company") hereby certifies that, to the
officer's knowledge, the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2004 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

                                   By
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    (Date)                              Keith Gubbay
                                        Director and President