EX-99 7 ex99b431e-nysutben97.htm EXHIBIT 99B.4.31 ENDORSEMENT ENYSUTBEN 97 ex99b431e-nysutben97.htm -- Converted by SEC Publisher, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

Exhibit 99.B.4.31


ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company


ENDORSEMENT


The Contract and Certificate are hereby endorsed as follows:

         
         Delete Section 403, Death of Annuitant/Beneficiary and replace with the following:
         
         4.03. Death of Annuitant/Beneficiary: When an Annuitant dies under Options 2 and 3, the
         present value of any remaining guaranteed payments will be paid in one sum to the
         beneficiary, or upon election by the beneficiary, any remaining payments will continue to the
         beneficiary. If no beneficiary exists, the present value of any remaining guaranteed payments
         will be paid in one sum to the estate of the Annuitant.

         In no event may any payments to the beneficiary under an Annuity Option extend beyond:
         (a)   The life of the beneficiary, determined as of the date payments are to commence; or
         (b)   Any certain period greater than the beneficiary's life expectancy determined as of the date
    payments are to commence.

         The interest rate used to determine the first payment will be used to calculate the present
         value.

Endorsed and made a part of the Contract and Certificate on the effective date of the Contract and
Certificate.
                                                                                                                               
                                                                               /s/ Keith Gubbay
                                                                                  President
                                                                                  ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company







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