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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7pt">[&#9679;], 2013</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8.5pt"><B>Registration
No. 333-</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNDER</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">ING U.S., INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Its Charter)</P>

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    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Delaware</b></font></td>
    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>52-1222820</b></font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>230 Park Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10169</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 309-8200</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>(Address, including Zip
Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant&rsquo;s Principal Executive Offices)</B></P>


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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents </B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Bridget M. Healy</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Executive Vice President and Chief Legal
Officer</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">ING U.S., Inc.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>230 Park Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10169</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(212) 309-8200</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.5pt">(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>&#9;</U></FONT><BR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6.4pt"><FONT STYLE="color: black"><B>Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
in Rule 12b-</B></FONT><B>2 of the Exchange Act</B></P>

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    <td style="width: 35%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 8pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt"><b>Accelerated filer </b></font>[_]</td></tr>
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    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 8pt"><font style="font-size: 8pt"><b>Smaller reporting company </b></font>[_]</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee </B></P>

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    <td nowrap style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Title of Securities to be Registered</b></font></td>
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    <td nowrap style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Amount to be</b></font><br>
<font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Registered(1)</b></font></td>
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    <td nowrap colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Proposed</b></font><br>
<font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Maximum</b></font><br>
<font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Offering Price</b></font><br>
<font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Per Share (2)</b></font></td>
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    <td nowrap colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Proposed</b></font><br>
<font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Maximum</b></font><br>
<font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Aggregate&nbsp;Offering</b></font><br>
<font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Price</b></font></td>
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    <td nowrap colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Amount of</b></font><br>
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    <td style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 12pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -12pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">800,000 shares</font></td>
    <td nowrap style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">$</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">29.63</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">$</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">23,704,000</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">$</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><font style="font-size: 10pt">3,233.23</font></td></tr>
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    <td style="width: 4%; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(1)</font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 10pt">Represents shares of common stock of ING U.S., Inc. (&ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) that may be offered and sold pursuant to the ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents, as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2008 (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;), together with an indeterminate number of shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock.</td></tr>
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    <td style="font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">The registration fee has been computed in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), based upon $29.63, the average of the high and low sales prices of shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock on September 17, 2013, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered and sold pursuant to the Plan.</P>



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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All information required by Part I to
be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of
Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by ING U.S., Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;
or &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) regarding the Plan. Documents containing the information required by Part I of the Registration Statement
will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">Part II</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents, which previously
have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) are incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(i) &#9;The Registrant&rsquo;s prospectus
dated July 11, 2013, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (File No. 333-189199), which contains the audited financial
statements for the Registrant&rsquo;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed (the &ldquo;Prospectus&rdquo;);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&#9;The Plan&rsquo;s Annual Report
on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (the &ldquo;Annual Report&rdquo;) as filed with the Commission on June
27, 2013 by ING Groep N.V. (File Number 001-14642);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&#9;All other reports filed pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Prospectus and Annual Report; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(iv)&#9;The description of the Registrant&rsquo;s
Common Stock contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 29, 2013 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), as updated by the description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common
Stock contained in the Prospectus.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All reports and documents filed by the
Registrant and the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference, or contained in this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Nothing in this registration statement
shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt"><B>Item 4.&#9;Description of Securities.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt"><B>Item 5.&#9; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the &ldquo;DGCL&rdquo;) provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The DGCL also permits a corporation to
indemnify such persons against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) in connection with the defense or settlement of an action
by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval
if such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a present or former director or officer is successful in the
defense of such an action, suit or proceeding referenced above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation
must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. Expenses (including
attorneys&rsquo; fees) incurred by such persons in defending any action, suit or proceeding may be paid in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon, in the case of a current officer or director, receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be so indemnified.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The DGCL provides that the indemnification
described above is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company&rsquo;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides for indemnification by the Company of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">In accordance with Section 102(b)(7)
of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision to limit the personal liability of a director
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for violations of the directors&rsquo; fiduciary duty, except (i) for
any breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, for liability
of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which
a director derived an improper personal benefit.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The DGCL also provides corporations with
the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation in a similar capacity for another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity or arising out
of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability
as described above. Policies of insurance are maintained by the Company under which our directors and officers are insured, within
the limits and subject to the terms of the policies, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain liabilities
which might be imposed as a result of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been
directors or officers.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing statements are subject
to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and the full text of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which is filed
as Exhibit 4.1 hereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">We have entered or intend to enter into
separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers that will provide, subject to their terms, the maximum
indemnity allowed to directors and officers by Section 145 of the DGCL and certain additional procedural protections.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 7. Exemption From Registration
Claimed.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 8. Exhibits.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following exhibits are filed with
or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation
S-K):</P>

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    <td style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 74%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: bottom">
    <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><b>Exhibit</b></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt"><b>Number</b></P></td>
    <td style="font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0.75pt; font-size: 7.5pt"><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><b>Description</b></font></td>
    <td style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.1</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ING U.S., Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement, filed by the Registrant on April 16, 2013). </font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.2</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated By-Laws of ING U.S., Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 7, 2013).</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">4.3</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents, as amended and restated effective as of January 1,
    2008. &nbsp;</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">23.1</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">24.1</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 7.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to Item 8(b) of Part II of Form
S-8, the undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to submit the Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
(the &ldquo;IRS&rdquo;) in a timely manner and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 9. Undertakings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">(a)&#9;The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes:&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 60pt; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify">(1)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 60pt; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 80pt; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify">(i)
&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 80pt; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify">(ii)&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 80pt; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify">(iii)&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 60pt; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify">(2)
&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 60pt; text-indent: 0pt; text-align: justify">(3)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">(b) &#9;The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit
plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">(h) &#9;Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>




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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 19<SUP>th</SUP> day of September, 2013.</P>

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<tr>
    <td style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr style="vertical-align: top">
    <td colspan="5" style="font-size: 11pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt"><b>ING U.S., INC.</b></font></td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="4" style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -12pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">By:</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Alain M. Karaoglan</td></tr>
<tr>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 10%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 16%">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Name:</P></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 68%; font-size: 11pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">Alain M. Karaoglan</font></td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 11pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">Title: </font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">EVP and Chief Operating Officer</font></td></tr>
<tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="4">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -12pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">By:</font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Ewout L. Steenbergen</td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Name:</P></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">Ewout L. Steenbergen</font></td></tr>
<tr>
    <td style="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: top; font-size: 11pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">Title: </font></td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt"><font style="font-size: 11pt">EVP and Chief Financial Officer</font></td></tr>
</table><BR STYLE="clear: both">
<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">Know all men by these presents, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Rodney O. Martin, Jr., Alain M. Karaoglan, Ewout L. Steenbergen and
Bridget M. Healy, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated.</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD NOWRAP>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid"><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Rodney
        O. Martin, Jr.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Rodney O. Martin, Jr.</B></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: black 0.75pt solid">/s/ Johannes
        M. M. Boers</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Johannes M. M. Boers </B></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 11pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13px">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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        G. Flynn</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Patrick G. Flynn</B></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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        Griswell</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>J. Barry Griswell</B></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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        H. Harryvan</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Dirk H. Harryvan</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">/s/ Jan H. M. Hommen</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Jan H. M. Hommen</B></P></TD>
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        S. Hubbell</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Frederick S. Hubbell</B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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        F. Nagel</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Willem F. Nagel</B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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        Zwiener</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>David Zwiener</B></P></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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        L. Steenbergen</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Ewout L. Steenbergen</B></P></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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        T. Pierson</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0.75pt; text-align: center"><B>Steven T. Pierson</B></P></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Sept. 19, 2013</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, <FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">in the City of New York,
State of New York, on 19<SUP>th</SUP> day of September, 2013.</FONT></P>


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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%"><B>ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By: ING US PENSION COMMITTEE</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U></U></TD>
    <TD><U>/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Steven T. Pierson</FONT></U></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD> Name: <FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Steven T. Pierson</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U></U></TD>
    <TD>Title: Chairman</TD></TR>
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    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement, filed by the Registrant on April 16, 2013.</font></td>
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    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated By-Laws of ING U.S., Inc.</font></td>
    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 7, 2013.</font></td>
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    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for
    ILIAC Agents as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2008.</font></td>
    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith.</font></td>
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    <td style="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Filed herewith.</font></td>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
[●], 2013
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ING U.S., INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
in Its Charter)
Delaware
52-1222820
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
(212) 309-8200
(Address, including Zip
Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents
(Full Title of the Plan)
Bridget M. Healy
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal
Officer
ING U.S., Inc.
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
(212) 309-8200
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company"
in Rule 12b-
2 of the Exchange Act
Large accelerated filer
[_]
Accelerated filer
[_]
Non-accelerated filer
[X]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
[_]
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
800,000 shares
$
29.63
$
23,704,000
$
3,233.23
(1)
Represents shares of common stock of ING U.S., Inc. ("Common Stock") that may be offered and sold pursuant to the ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents, as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2008 (the "Plan"), together with an indeterminate number of shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
The registration fee has been computed in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), based upon $29.63, the average of the high and low sales prices of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock on September 17, 2013, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered and sold pursuant to the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to
be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of
Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by ING U.S., Inc. (the "Company"
or "Registrant") regarding the Plan. Documents containing the information required by Part I of the Registration Statement
will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously
have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein
by reference and made a part hereof:
(i) 	The Registrant's prospectus
dated July 11, 2013, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (File No. 333-189199), which contains the audited financial
statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed (the "Prospectus");
(ii)	The Plan's Annual Report
on Form 11-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (the "Annual Report") as filed with the Commission on June
27, 2013 by ING Groep N.V. (File Number 001-14642);
(iii)	All other reports filed pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Prospectus and Annual Report; and
(iv)	The description of the Registrant's
Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 29, 2013 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as updated by the description of the Registrant's Common
Stock contained in the Prospectus.
All reports and documents filed by the
Registrant and the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference, or contained in this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Nothing in this registration statement
shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K.
Item 4.	Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.	 Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the "DGCL") provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
The DGCL also permits a corporation to
indemnify such persons against expenses (including attorneys' fees) in connection with the defense or settlement of an action
by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval
if such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a present or former director or officer is successful in the
defense of such an action, suit or proceeding referenced above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation
must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. Expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred by such persons in defending any action, suit or proceeding may be paid in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon, in the case of a current officer or director, receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be so indemnified.
The DGCL provides that the indemnification
described above is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides for indemnification by the Company of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
In accordance with Section 102(b)(7)
of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision to limit the personal liability of a director
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for violations of the directors' fiduciary duty, except (i) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, for liability
of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which
a director derived an improper personal benefit.
The DGCL also provides corporations with
the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation in a similar capacity for another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity or arising out
of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability
as described above. Policies of insurance are maintained by the Company under which our directors and officers are insured, within
the limits and subject to the terms of the policies, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain liabilities
which might be imposed as a result of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been
directors or officers.
The foregoing statements are subject
to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and the full text of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which is filed
as Exhibit 4.1 hereto.
We have entered or intend to enter into
separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers that will provide, subject to their terms, the maximum
indemnity allowed to directors and officers by Section 145 of the DGCL and certain additional procedural protections.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration
Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with
or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation
S-K):
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ING U.S., Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement, filed by the Registrant on April 16, 2013).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of ING U.S., Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 7, 2013).
4.3
ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents, as amended and restated effective as of January 1,
    2008.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
Pursuant to Item 8(b) of Part II of Form
S-8, the undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to submit the Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
(the "IRS") in a timely manner and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)	The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes:
(1)
   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i)
	   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)	   To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii)	   To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
	   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
   	To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) 	The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) 	Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that
a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 19
th
day of September, 2013.
ING U.S., INC.
By:
/s/ Alain M. Karaoglan
Name:
Alain M. Karaoglan
Title:
EVP and Chief Operating Officer
By:
/s/ Ewout L. Steenbergen
Name:
Ewout L. Steenbergen
Title:
EVP and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Rodney O. Martin, Jr., Alain M. Karaoglan, Ewout L. Steenbergen and
Bridget M. Healy, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or
their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Rodney
        O. Martin, Jr.
Rodney O. Martin, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Johannes
        M. M. Boers
Johannes M. M. Boers
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Patrick
        G. Flynn
Patrick G. Flynn
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ J. Barry
        Griswell
J. Barry Griswell
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Dirk
        H. Harryvan
Dirk H. Harryvan
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Jan H. M. Hommen
Jan H. M. Hommen
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Frederick
        S. Hubbell
Frederick S. Hubbell
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Willem
        F. Nagel
Willem F. Nagel
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ David
        Zwiener
David Zwiener
Director
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Ewout
        L. Steenbergen
Ewout L. Steenbergen
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Sept. 19, 2013
/s/ Steven
        T. Pierson
Steven T. Pierson
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
Sept. 19, 2013
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of New York,
State of New York, on 19
th
day of September, 2013.
ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for ILIAC Agents
By: ING US PENSION COMMITTEE
/s/
Steven T. Pierson
Name:
Steven T. Pierson
Title: Chairman
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
Page
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ING U.S., Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement, filed by the Registrant on April 16, 2013.
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4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of ING U.S., Inc.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 7, 2013.
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4.3
ING U.S. 401(k) Plan for
    ILIAC Agents as amended and restated effective as of January 1, 2008.
Filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
Filed herewith.
24.1
Power of Attorney.
Included on signature pages.