EX-99.(P) 5 viaca-html7899_ex99p.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Exhibit 99(p) (Item 27(p)) – Powers of Attorney

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Ron J. Tanner, Jay Lemoncelli

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 19th day of March, 2024, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Cathy A Mahone  
  Cathy A Mahone  
  President and Chief Executive Officer  

 

Notary

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

County of Chester

 

On the 19th day of March in the year 2024, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Cathy A. Mahone, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Lori L. Demarco   Name: Lori L. DeMarco                            
Notary Public   Notary Public in: Pennsylvania                 
    No: 1173703                                           
(Seal)   Qualified in: Chester County                     
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries   My commission expires 2/12/2028            

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is her general durable power of attorney and that she had willingly signed and that she executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Bertina Whitaker-Fry   Name: Bertina Whitaker-Fry
Witness #1   Address: 1475 Dunwoody Drive
      West Chester, PA 19380

 

/s/ Lee Barnard   Name: Lee Barnard
Witness #2   Address: 1475 Dunwoody Drive
      West Chester, PA 19380

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 22 day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Gregory S. Smith, Jr.  
  Gregory S. Smith, Jr.  
  Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer  

 

Notary

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

County of Chester

 

On the 22nd day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Gregory S, Smith, Jr , personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Marie L. Watson     Name: Marie L. Watson                                
Notary Public     Notary Public in: Pennsylvania                        
      No: 1330853                                                 
(Seal)     Qualified in: Chester County                           
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries     My commission expires May 13, 2026            

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Sharon Grant   Name: Sharon Grant
Witness #1   Address: 1475 Dunwoody Dr.
      West Chester, PA 19380

 

/s/ Lori L. DeMarco   Name: Lori L. DeMarco
Witness #2   Address: 1475 Dunwoody Drive
      West Chester, PA 19380

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 22 day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ David P. Wiland  
  David P. Wiland  
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  

 

Notary

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

County of Chester

 

On the 22 day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared David P. Wiland, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Marie L. Watson     Name: Marie L. Watson                                   
Notary Public     Notary Public in: Pennsylvania                           
      No: 1330853                                                     
(Seal)     Qualified in: Chester County                               
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries     My commission expires May 13, 2026                

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Sharon Grant   Name: Sharon Grant
Witness #1   Address: 1475 Dunwoody Dr.
      West Chester, PA 19380

 

/s/ Lori L. DeMarco   Name: Lori L. DeMarco
Witness #2   Address: 1475 Dunwoody Drive
      West Chester, PA 19380

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 14th day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Peter C. Aberg  
  Peter C. Aberg  
  Director  

 

Notary

 

State of New York

County New York

 

On the 14 day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Peter C. Aberg, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Alina M. Diaz     Name: Alina M. Diaz                                         
Notary Public     Notary Public in: State of New York                    
      No: #01D16030847                                            
(Seal)     Qualified in: New York County                            
      Commission Expires Sept. 20, 2025                    

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Frederick Hanser   Name: Frederick Hanser
Witness #1   Address: 80 Park Ave
      New York, NY 10016

 

/s/ Jonathan Rano   Name: Jonathan Rano
Witness #2   Address: 10 Liberty Street
      NY NY 10005

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 10th day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Daniel G. Kilpatrick  
  Daniel G. Kilpatrick  
  Director  

 

Notary

 

State of New York

County New York

 

On the 10th day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Daniel G. Kilpatrick, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Angela M. Schwartz     Name: Angela M. Schwartz                                  
Notary Public     Notary Public in: New York State                      
      No: 01MO6076727                                              
(Seal)     Qualified in: West Chester County                        

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Alicia Wilson   Name: Alicia Wilson
Witness #1   Address: 4 South Rd
      Kent, CT 06757

 

/s/ Jennifer Pendergraft   Name: Jennifer Pendergraft
Witness #2   Address: 93 Hauxhurst Ave
      Weehawken NJ 07086

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 16th day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Brenna Haysom Romando  
  Brenna Haysom Romando  
  Director  

 

Notary

 

State of New York

County New York

 

On the 16 day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Brenna Haysom Romando, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Sachin S. Shah     Name: Sachin Shah                                            
Notary Public     Notary Public in: State of New York                       
      No: 01SH6442994                                                
(Seal)     Qualified in: West Chester County                         
      Commission Expires October 24, 2026                  

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Dhruv Vyas   Name: Dhruv Vyas
Witness #1   Address: 9 West 57th St.
      New York, NY 10019

 

/s/ Joseph Costa   Name: Joseph Costa
Witness #2   Address: 9 West 57th St
      NY, NY 10019

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 11th day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Nedim Sadaka  
  Nedim (Ned) Sadaka  
  Director  

 

Notary

 

State of New York

County Suffolk

 

On the 11th day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Nedim (Ned) Sadaka, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Kevin Rodriguez Osorio     Name: Kevin Rodriguez Osorio                              
Notary Public     Notary Public in: New York                                   
      No: 01RO6416209                                                
(Seal)     Qualified in: Suffolk                                              
      Term Expires April 12, 2025                                 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Lawrence Sadaka   Name: Lawrence Sadaka
Witness #1   Address: 981 Amherst Avenue
      Los Angeles, CA 90049

 

/s/ Jane Dresner Sadaka   Name: Jane Dresner Sadaka
Witness #2   Address: 895 Park Ave, 6B
      New York  NY 10075

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 16th day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Howard L. Shecter  
  Howard L. Shecter  
  Director  

 

Notary

 

State of New York

County New York

 

On the 16 day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Howard L. Shecter, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

/s/ Sachin S.Shah     Name: Sachin Shah                                            
Notary Public     Notary Public in: State of New York                       
      No: 01SH6442994                                                
(Seal)     Qualified in: West Chester County                         
      Commission Expires October 24, 2026                  

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

/s/ Dhruv Vyas   Name: Dhruv Vyas
Witness #1   Address: 9 West 57th St.
      New York, NY 10019

 

/s/ Joseph Costa   Name: Joseph Costa
Witness #2   Address: 9 West 57th St
      NY, NY 10019

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 16 day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Vishal N. Sheth  
  Vishal N. Sheth  
  Director  

 

Notary

 

State of New York

County New York

 

On the 16 day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Vishal N. Sheth, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

/s/ Sachin S. Shah     Name: Sachin Shah                                            
Notary Public     Notary Public in: State of New York                       
      No: 01SH6442994                                                
(Seal)     Qualified in: West Chester County                         
      Commission Expires October 24, 2026                  

 

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Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

 

/s/ Dhruv Vyas   Name: Dhruv Vyas
Witness #1   Address: 9 West 57th St.
      New York, NY 10019

 

/s/ Joseph Costa   Name: Joseph Costa
Witness #2   Address: 9 West 57th St
      NY, NY 10019

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned, on behalf of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company, hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals set forth below and each of them individually as my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them individually to sign and file for me and in my name and in the capacity indicated below any and all Registration Statements for the variable annuities and/or variable life insurance contracts identified below (“Contracts”) issued through the Separate Accounts listed below, and any and all amendments thereto, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and any and all documentation necessary to withdraw any such Registration Statements or to deregister any of the entities (including any issuing Separate Account) associated with the issuance of any such Contracts. By signing below, I hereby revoke all prior Powers of Attorney executed by me in relation to the Contracts and Registration Statements.

 

INDIVIDUALS WITH POWER OF ATTORNEY: J. Neil McMurdie, Jay M. Lemoncelli, Ron J. Tanner

 

REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNTS AND CONTRACTS of Venerable Insurance and Annuity Company:

 

Separate Account B – 811-05626
333-133944 333-30180 333-28769 333-28755 333-28679 033-59261
333-202174 333-196391 333-124953 333-101481 333-90516 333-70600
333-66757 333-63692 333-57218 333-33914 033-34827 033-23351

 

Separate Account EQ – 811-08524
333-111686 333-273496 333-273497 333-273498

 

Separate Account U – 811-09026
333-111684 333-111685

 

Separate Account A – 811-05627
033-23458

 

Alger Separate Account A – 811-05790
033-27766

 

I hereby ratify and confirm on this 16 day of August, 2023, my signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto.

 

  Signature  
     
  /s/ Jasjit Singh  
  Jasjit Singh  
  Director  

 

Notary

 

State of New York

County New York

 

On the 16 day of August in the year 2023, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Jasjit Singh, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

/s/ Sachin S.Shah     Name: Sachin Shah                                            
Notary Public     Notary Public in: State of New York                       
      No: 01SH6442994                                                
(Seal)     Qualified in: West Chester County                         
      Commission Expires October 24, 2026                  

 

Page 1 of 2

 

 

Statement of Witnesses

 

On the date written above, the principal declared to me in my presence that this instrument is his general durable power of attorney and that he had willingly signed and that he executed it as his free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed.

 

 

/s/ Dhruv Vyas   Name: Dhruv Vyas
Witness #1   Address: 9 West 57th St.
      New York, NY 10019

 

/s/ Joseph Costa   Name: Joseph Costa
Witness #2   Address: 9 West 57th St
      NY, NY 10019

 

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