Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

FGL Holdings and subsidiaries:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-222232) on Form S-3 and in the registration statement (No. 333-223085) on Form S-8 of FGL Holdings and subsidiaries of our reports dated March 2, 2020, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of FGL Holdings and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two year period ended December 31, 2019 and the period from December 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows of Fidelity & Guaranty Life and subsidiaries for the period from October 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017, and for the year ended September 30, 2017 (Predecessor Company operations), and the related notes and financial statement schedules I to IV (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, which reports appear in the December 31, 2019 annual report on Form 10-K of FGL Holdings and subsidiaries.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Des Moines, Iowa

March 2, 2020