Exhibit (10)(d)

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CORPORATION

POWERS OF ATTORNEY FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Matthew M. Grove, Dylan W. Huang, Thomas F. English, Judy R. Bartlett, Anna Bidwell and Melissa Kuan, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in his name, place and stead, to sign any and all registration statements or other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory agency or authority applicable to New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation Variable Annuity Separate Account – III (File Numbers 333-80535, 033-87382, 333-81530, 333-30706, 333-156018, 333-158552, 333-172046, and 333-178743) and any amendments or supplements thereto, and withdrawals thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state regulatory agency or authority granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person in his capacity as a Director or officer of New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

These Powers of Attorney may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.

David G. Bedard	Steven D. Lash
Christopher O. Blunt	Theodore A. Mathas
/s/ Frank M. Boccio Frank M. Boccio	Mark W. Pfaff
John T. Fleurant	Arthur H. Seter
Robert M. Gardner	Joel M. Steinberg
Matthew M. Grove	Susan A. Thrope
John Y. Kim
		Dated: March 18, 2014