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<span id="dex23.htm"></span><html lang="en-US"><HEAD> <title>Form 10-K filed by on 2010-02-26</title> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 23 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Genworth Financial, Inc.: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-161562) on Form&nbsp;S-3 and (Nos. 333-115825 and 333-127474) on Form&nbsp;S-8 of Genworth Financial, Inc. of our reports dated February&nbsp;26, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Genworth Financial, Inc. as of December&nbsp;31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders&#146; equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, and all related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2009, and the references to our firm under the heading &#147;Selected Financial Data,&#148; which reports and references appear in the December&nbsp;31, 2009 annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K of Genworth Financial, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our reports on the consolidated financial statements and schedules dated February 26, 2010 refer to a change in the method of accounting for other-than-temporary impairments in 2009, and deferred acquisition costs in connection with modifications or exchanges of insurance contracts in 2007. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ KPMG LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richmond, Virginia </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">February 26, 2010 </FONT></P> </BODY></HTML>