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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>FORM 8-K</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CURRENT REPORT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 16, 2006</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>IOWA</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(State of Incorporation)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>333-133076, 333-133152, 333-133153,</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>333-133154, 333-133155, 333-133156</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Commission File Numbers)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>#41-0991508</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(IRS Employer Identification Number)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>1475 Dunwoody Drive, West Chester, PA  19380-1478</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Address of principal executive offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Registrant's telephone number, including area code&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;610-425-3400</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2><font face=Wingdings>o</font> Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2><font face=Wingdings>o</font> Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2><font face=Wingdings>o</font> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act</font></p>


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            <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2><font face=Wingdings>o</font> Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act </font></p>


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            <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2>(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<font SIZE=2>THIS FILING IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM NO. 8.01 OF SECTION 8 OF FORM 8-K:</font></p>

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            <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>Other Events.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following information should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-K Annual Report of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company filed on March 30, 2006.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>As previously reported, like many financial services companies, certain U.S. affiliates of ING Groep, N.V. (&#147;ING&#148;), including ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) have received informal and formal requests for information from various state and federal governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations in connection with inquiries and investigations of the products and practices of the financial services industry. In each case, the Company and its affiliates have been and are providing full cooperation. In connection with one such investigation, certain Company affiliates have been named in a petition for relief and cease and desist order filed by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation concerning ING&#146;s administration of the New Hampshire state employees deferred compensation plan. ING is cooperating with this regulator to resolve the matter. Other
federal and state regulators could initiate similar actions in this or other areas of ING&#146;s business.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Registrant)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Date: June 29, 2006</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/James A. Shuchart</font></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>James A. Shuchart</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 16, 2006
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
IOWA
(State of Incorporation)
333-133076, 333-133152, 333-133153,
333-133154, 333-133155, 333-133156
(Commission File Numbers)
#41-0991508
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
1475 Dunwoody Drive, West Chester, PA  19380-1478
(Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code      610-425-3400
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
THIS FILING IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM NO. 8.01 OF SECTION 8 OF FORM 8-K:
Item 8.01
Other Events.
The following information should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-K Annual Report of ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company filed on March 30, 2006.
As previously reported, like many financial services companies, certain U.S. affiliates of ING Groep, N.V. ("ING"), including ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company (the "Company") have received informal and formal requests for information from various state and federal governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations in connection with inquiries and investigations of the products and practices of the financial services industry. In each case, the Company and its affiliates have been and are providing full cooperation. In connection with one such investigation, certain Company affiliates have been named in a petition for relief and cease and desist order filed by the New Hampshire Bureau of Securities Regulation concerning ING's administration of the New Hampshire state employees deferred compensation plan. ING is cooperating with this regulator to resolve the matter. Other
federal and state regulators could initiate similar actions in this or other areas of ING's business.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company
(Registrant)
Date: June 29, 2006
/s/James A. Shuchart
James A. Shuchart