RICHMOND, Va., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per outstanding share of its Class A Common Stock. The quarterly dividend is payable on April 27, 2006 to stockholders of record as of April 12, 2006.

About Genworth Financial

Genworth is a leading insurance holding company, serving the lifestyle protection, retirement income, investment and mortgage insurance needs of more than 15 million customers, and has operations in 24 countries, including the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and 17 other European countries. For more information, visit http://www.genworth.com.

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CONTACT: Investors: Alicia Charity, +1-804-662-2248,
Alicia.Charity@genworth.com, or
Media: Tom Topinka, +1-804-662-2444,
Thomas.Topinka@genworth.com,
both of Genworth Financial, Inc.