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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 S-3 and (Nos. 333-115825 and 333-127474) on Form S-8 of Genworth Financial, Inc. of our reports dated February 26, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Genworth Financial, Inc. as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and all related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, and the references to our firm under the heading “Selected Financial Data,” which reports and references appear in the December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 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>