SEC Company Response from ING USA ANNUITY & LIFE INSURANCE CO (CIK 0000836658) — May 17, 2005
ING USA ANNUITY & LIFE INSURANCE CO (CIK 0000836658)
Date: May 17, 2005 · CIK: 0000836658 · Accession: 0000950137-05-006126
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[ING USA LETTERHEAD]
May 17, 2005
BY EDGAR AND FACSIMILE
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
Washington, D.C. 20549-0305
Attention: Ms. Messeret Nega
Re: ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company
Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed March 18, 2005, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on April 22, 2005 and
Amendment No. 2 filed on
May 17, 2005 (File No. 333-123457)
Dear Ms. Nega:
In accordance with Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, ING
USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company (the "Registrant") hereby requests the
acceleration of the effective date of the above-referenced Registration
Statement so that it will become effective on Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 10:00
a.m., Eastern Time or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Please note the following:
- The Registrant acknowledges the disclosure in the filing is the
responsibility of Registrant.
- The Registrant acknowledges to the Commission that should the Commission
or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing
effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with respect to the filing.
- The Registrant acknowledges that the action of the Commission or the
staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing
effective does not relieve the Registrant from its full responsibility for
the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in the filing.
- The Registrant represents that it will not assert this action of the
Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, as a
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under
the federal securities laws of the United States.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Eric G. Banta
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Eric G. Banta
Counsel
cc: Max A. Webb (Securities and Exchange Commission)
Beth Edwards (ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company)
Perry Shwachman (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP)
Anthony J. Ribaudo (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP)
Jeff Delaney (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP)
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