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S-1/A - FINAL - VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Cofinal.htm
EX-4.III - ROTH IRA ENDORSEMENT - VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Coiu-ra4022.htm
EX-4.II - IRA ENDORSEMENT - VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Coiu-ra4021.htm
EX-1 - DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT - VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Codistributionagreement.htm
EX-23.I - CONSENT - VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Coconsent-iliacs1333162140.htm
EX-4.IV - SINGLE PREMIUM DEFERRED MODIFIED GUARANTEED ANNUITY APP - VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY Coapplication-153740_12142009.htm

[ING STATIONERY]

December 31, 2009

Members of the Board of Directors
ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company
1475 Dunwoody Drive
West Chester, PA 19380-1478

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In my capacity as Counsel to ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company, a Connecticut domiciled
corporation (“Company”), I have supervised the preparation of the registration statement for the offering
of single premium deferred modified guaranteed annuity contracts (the “Contracts”) to be filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933.

I am of the following opinion:

(1)  The Company was organized in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut and 
  is a duly authorized stock life insurance company under the laws of Connecticut and the 
  laws of those states in which the Company is admitted to do business; 
 
(2)  The Company is authorized to issue Contracts in those states in which it is admitted and 
  upon compliance with applicable local law; 
 
(3)  The Contracts, when issued in accordance with the prospectus contained in the aforesaid 
  registration statement and upon compliance with applicable local law, will be legal and 
  binding obligations of the Company in accordance with their terms; 
 
(4)  The interests in the Contracts will, when issued and sold in the manner described in the 
  registration statement, be legal and binding obligations of the Company and will be 
  legally and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable. 

In arriving at the foregoing opinion, I have made such examination of law and examined such records and
other documents as in my judgment are necessary or appropriate.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the aforesaid registration statement and to the
reference to me under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus contained in said registration
statement. In giving this consent I do not thereby admit that I come within the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Rules and Regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Sincerely,

/s/ John S. Kreighbaum 
John S. (Scott) Kreighbaum 
Senior Counsel 
 
1475 Dunwoody Drive 
West Chester, PA 19380-1478 
 
Tel: 610-425-3404 
Fax: 610-425-3520