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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>

<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>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) January 20, 2006</font></p>

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

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(State of Incorporation)</font></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;'><font size=2>333-86276, 333-86278, 333-123934, 333-130827, 333-130833</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Commission File Numbers)</font></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;'><font size=2>#71-0294708</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(IRS Employer Identification Number)</font></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;'><font size=2>151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT06156</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;860-723-4646</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>

<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> Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</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> 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>

<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 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>

<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>THIS FILING IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM NO. 1.01 OF SECTION 1 OF FORM 8-K:</font></p>

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            <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>Item 1.01 </font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size=2>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On January 20, 2006, ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company (&#147;ILIAC&#148;) entered into a Joinder Agreement (the &#147;Joinder&#148;) with ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. (&#147;ING AIH&#148;), a Delaware corporation and indirect parent of ILIAC.  The Joinder adds ILIAC as a party to the Federal Tax Sharing Agreement between ING AIH and those direct and indirect subsidiaries of ING AIH that are eligible corporations qualified to file a consolidated federal income tax return (the &#147;Tax Sharing Agreement&#148;), for the taxable year 2006 and for all subsequent periods unless and until the Tax Sharing Agreement is amended or terminated in accordance with its terms.  The Tax Sharing Agreement provides for the manner of computation and timing of payments by and to each ING AIH subsidiary that is a party to the Tax Sharing Agreement with respect to each such subsidiary&#146;s tax liabilities and tax assets in relation to the
 consolidated federal income tax returns of the ING AIH affiliated group.</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: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 Life Insurance and Annuity 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: January 25, 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=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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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) January 20, 2006
ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CONNECTICUT
(State of Incorporation)
333-86276, 333-86278, 333-123934, 333-130827, 333-130833
(Commission File Numbers)
#71-0294708
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
151 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, CT06156
(Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code      860-723-4646
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. 1.01 OF SECTION 1 OF FORM 8-K:
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On January 20, 2006, ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company ("ILIAC") entered into a Joinder Agreement (the "Joinder") with ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. ("ING AIH"), a Delaware corporation and indirect parent of ILIAC.  The Joinder adds ILIAC as a party to the Federal Tax Sharing Agreement between ING AIH and those direct and indirect subsidiaries of ING AIH that are eligible corporations qualified to file a consolidated federal income tax return (the "Tax Sharing Agreement"), for the taxable year 2006 and for all subsequent periods unless and until the Tax Sharing Agreement is amended or terminated in accordance with its terms.  The Tax Sharing Agreement provides for the manner of computation and timing of payments by and to each ING AIH subsidiary that is a party to the Tax Sharing Agreement with respect to each such subsidiary's tax liabilities and tax assets in relation to the
 consolidated federal income tax returns of the ING AIH affiliated group.
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 Life Insurance and Annuity Company
(Registrant)
Date: January 25, 2006
/s/James A. Shuchart
James A. Shuchart