Exhibit 99.1

Genworth Financial Announces First Quarter 2014 Results

Net Income Improves 79 Percent From Prior Year

Sequentially Higher Mortality In U.S. Life Insurance Division

Strong Loss Performance In Global Mortgage Insurance Division

Richmond, VA (April 29, 2014)—Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) today reported results for the first quarter of 2014. The company reported net income¹ of $184 million, or $0.37 per diluted share, compared with net income of $103 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2013. Net operating income² for the first quarter of 2014 was $194 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, compared with net operating income of $151 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2013.

“Genworth’s first quarter 2014 results reflect continued progress in our turnaround strategy,” said Tom McInerney, President and CEO. “Our mortgage insurance businesses benefitted from improved loss ratios, and long term care premium increases continued to positively impact earnings in our U.S. Life Insurance Division.”

Net investment losses, net of tax and other adjustments, were $10 million in the quarter, compared to $28 million in the prior year. Total investment impairments, net of tax, were $1 million in the current quarter and $7 million in the prior year.

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Net operating income results are summarized in the table below:

Net operating income excludes net investment gains (losses), goodwill impairments, gains (losses) on the sale of businesses, restructuring charges, gains (losses) on the early extinguishment of debt, gains (losses) on insurance block transactions and other adjustments, net of taxes. A reconciliation of net operating income of segments and Corporate and Other activities to net income is included at the end of this press release.

Unless specifically noted in the discussion of results for the International Mortgage Insurance and International Protection segments, references to percentage changes exclude the impact of foreign exchange. Percentage changes, which include the impact of foreign exchange, are found in a table at the end of this press release. The impact of foreign exchange on net operating income in the first quarter of 2014 was an unfavorable impact of $5 million versus the prior quarter and an unfavorable impact of $16 million versus the prior year.

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U.S. Life Insurance Division

U.S. Life Insurance Division net operating income was $94 million, compared with $119 million in the prior quarter and $85 million a year ago.

U.S. Life Insurance Division

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Life Insurance

Life insurance net operating income was $21 million, compared with $56 million in the prior quarter and $36 million in the prior year. Results in the current quarter reflected unfavorable mortality experience from higher frequency of claims in both term and universal life insurance versus the prior quarter and from both higher frequency in term life insurance and higher severity of claims in universal life insurance versus the prior year. Higher mortality drove an increase in claims paid and a reduction in product fees partially offset by reduced amortization. Results in the prior quarter included $14 million of favorable items.

Sales increased versus the prior quarter and prior year from increased sales of term life insurance. The company is transitioning to a broader set of competitive product offerings and sales are expected to increase in 2014 from current levels.

Long Term Care Insurance

Long term care insurance net operating income was $46 million, compared with $42 million in the prior quarter and $20 million in the prior year. Results benefitted from premium increases and reduced benefits of $10 million versus the prior quarter and $40 million versus the prior year related to the premium increases approved and implemented to date. Current quarter results included a $5 million favorable correction to investment amortization for preferred stock that was more than offset by lower variable investment income versus the prior quarter. Results versus the prior year included less favorable claim terminations related to mortality and higher reserves related to certain policies with survivorship benefits. The reported loss ratio for the current quarter was approximately 63 percent, five points lower than the prior quarter and three points lower than the prior year.

Individual LTC sales of $21 million were $3 million lower than the prior quarter. The company is continuing to invest in distribution and marketing to increase LTC sales over time and expects to begin seeing some impact from these actions during the second half of the year. In the fourth quarter of 2013, the company announced that it has started to file for regulatory approval of its Privileged Choice Flex 3.0 product and expects to launch this product in July 2014.

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Fixed Annuities

Fixed annuities net operating income was $27 million, compared with $21 million in the prior quarter and $29 million in the prior year. Results in the quarter included improved mortality versus the prior quarter, but unfavorable mortality versus the prior year. Sales in the quarter totaled $520 million, down sequentially and consistent with interest rate declines during the current quarter.

U.S. Life Companies Capital

The consolidated RBC ratio is estimated to be approximately 480 percent³, compared to 487 percent at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013 and the consolidated U.S. life insurance companies unassigned surplus is estimated to be approximately $440 million³, in line with the end of the fourth quarter of 2013 as positive statutory income was offset by an unfavorable tax reserve correction and lower reinsurance credit.

Global Mortgage Insurance Division

Global Mortgage Insurance Division had net operating income of $132 million, compared with $107 million in the prior quarter and $102 million a year ago.

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International Mortgage Insurance Segment

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Canada Mortgage Insurance

Canada reported net operating income of $41 million versus $44 million in the prior quarter and $42 million in the prior year. The loss ratio in the quarter was 20 percent, down two points from the prior quarter and down 11 points from the prior year reflecting the strong credit quality of recent books and the overall stable economic environment. Earnings were impacted by unfavorable foreign exchange versus the prior quarter and versus the prior year. Flow NIW was down 40 percent⁴ sequentially from normal seasonal variation and the severe winter season and down three percent⁴ year over year reflecting the severe winter season. In addition, the company completed several bulk transactions in the quarter, consisting of low loan-to-value prime loans, of approximately $2.9 billion reflecting its selective participation in this market. At quarter end, the Canada mortgage insurance business had a minimum capital test (MCT) ratio of 229 percent³, in excess of the targeted level. GAAP book value was $2.9 billion, of which $1.6 billion represented Genworth’s 57.4 percent ownership interest, in line with the prior quarter.

Australia Mortgage Insurance

Australia reported net operating income of $62 million versus $66 million in the prior quarter and $46 million in the prior year. The loss ratio in the quarter was 17 percent, down four points sequentially and down 30 points from the prior year primarily from favorable aging of late stage delinquencies compared to both the prior quarter and prior year. New delinquencies were up 13 percent from the prior quarter and cures were down five percent from the prior quarter reflecting normal seasonal variation. Results compared to the prior quarter included less favorable taxes and unfavorable foreign exchange partially offset by lower expenses. Results

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compared to the prior year included unfavorable foreign exchange of $12 million partially offset by higher revenue from the aging of the in force block. Flow NIW was down nine percent⁴ sequentially from normal seasonal variation and up 15 percent⁴ year over year from a larger origination market. At quarter end, the Australia mortgage insurance business had a prescribed capital amount (PCA) ratio of 147 percent³, slightly in excess of the targeted range. The GAAP book value was $2.1 billion as of the end of the quarter, up $0.2 billion from the prior quarter primarily from changes in foreign exchange.

The company previously announced a plan to pursue a sale of up to 40 percent of its Australian mortgage insurance business, which is a strategic priority for 2014⁵. Executing the planned sale through an IPO remains a key priority in reducing its exposure to mortgage insurance risk, rebalancing capital among its three main mortgage insurance platforms and generating capital. As previously announced, on April 8, 2014, institutional investor education activities were commenced in Australia ahead of a possible IPO, and on April 23, 2014, the Australian mortgage insurance business filed a prospectus related to the IPO with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The company is seeking to complete the IPO during the first half of 2014, but its execution is subject to market conditions and valuation considerations, including business performance.

Other Countries Mortgage Insurance

Other Countries had a net operating loss of $4 million, compared to net operating losses of $9 million in the prior quarter and $7 million in the prior year as the business had improved loss performance in the current quarter.

U.S. Mortgage Insurance Segment

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Total flow delinquencies decreased 11 percent sequentially and decreased 27 percent versus the prior year. New flow delinquencies decreased approximately eight percent from the prior quarter and decreased approximately 18 percent from the prior year, reflecting the continued burn through of delinquencies from the 2005 to 2008 book years. The flow average reserve per delinquency was $30,300, up slightly from the prior quarter.

Total losses were down $45 million compared to the prior quarter from the net effect of lower new delinquency development and favorable changes in aging of existing delinquencies, partially offset by a modest strengthening of loss reserves. The increase in loss reserves of approximately $11 million after-tax reflects the expectation of increased severity of claims primarily in late stage delinquencies, partially offset by lower claim rates for early stage delinquencies. Loss mitigation savings were $114 million in the quarter, down $10 million from the prior quarter.

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Flow NIW of $3.9 billion decreased 20 percent from the prior quarter reflecting normal seasonal variation in the purchase market, the impact of the severe winter season and a smaller refinance origination market and decreased 17 percent versus the prior year primarily from a smaller refinance origination market. Overall private mortgage insurance market penetration was flat compared with the prior quarter and up approximately five points year over year. The company’s estimate of market share at the end of the quarter is approximately 13 percent. Flow persistency was 85 percent.

The combined U.S. MI statutory risk-to-capital ratio is estimated at 18.7:1³ at the end of the first quarter with the risk-to-capital ratio for GMICO estimated at 18.4:1³. GMICO is in compliance with the maximum state regulatory limit of 25.0:1 and, as a result, GMICO is authorized and currently writes new business in all states.

In December 2013, Genworth Holdings, Inc. completed a $400 million senior notes offering and the company subsequently made capital contributions of $300 million to Genworth Mortgage Holdings, LLC and $100 million to GMICO in anticipation of the higher capital requirements expected to be required by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) as a part of the anticipated revisions to their eligibility standards for qualifying mortgage insurers. The $300 million remains at Genworth Mortgage Holdings, LLC, and if contributed to GMICO as of March 31, 2014, would have resulted in a favorable impact to GMICO’s risk-to-capital ratio of approximately four points under the current risk-to-capital framework.

Corporate and Other Division

Corporate and Other Division net operating loss was $32 million, compared with $33 million in the prior quarter and $36 million in the prior year.

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International Protection Segment

International Protection reported net operating income of $7 million, compared with $13 million in the prior quarter and $6 million in the prior year. Results in the prior quarter reflected $10 million of favorable adjustments, including $8 million of favorable taxes. Results in the current quarter included $4 million of favorable tax adjustments. The business continues to be impacted by the slow consumer lending environment in Europe, and high unemployment in Southern Europe continues to keep losses elevated. At quarter end, the lifestyle protection business had a regulatory capital ratio of approximately 362 percent³, well in excess of regulatory requirements.

Runoff Segment

The Runoff segment’s net operating income was $12 million, compared with $19 million in the prior quarter and $16 million in the prior year. Results in the current quarter reflected lower equity market growth versus the prior quarter and prior year primarily impacting the variable annuity business.

Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other’s net operating loss was $51 million, compared with $65 million in the prior quarter and $58 million in the prior year. Results in the quarter reflected $17 million of favorable tax adjustments, primarily from the release of a valuation allowance and state and federal true-ups related to the prior year tax return.

Investment Portfolio Performance

Net investment income decreased to $805 million, compared to $835 million in the prior quarter primarily from less favorable limited partnership performance and an unfavorable impact from prepayment speeds on structured securities partially offset by a favorable correction to preferred stock amortization. The reported yield for the current quarter was approximately 4.6 percent. The core yield² was down from the prior quarter at approximately 4.4 percent.

Net income in the quarter included $10 million of net investment losses, net of tax, DAC amortization and other items. Total investment impairments, net of tax, were $1 million in the current quarter and $7 million in the prior year.

Net unrealized investment gains were $1.6 billion, net of tax and other items, as of March 31, 2014 compared with $0.9 billion as of December 31, 2013 and $2.4 billion as of March 31, 2013. The fixed maturity securities portfolio had gross unrealized investment gains of $4.3 billion compared with $6.2 billion as of March 31, 2013 and gross unrealized investment losses of $0.6 billion compared with $0.5 billion as of March 31, 2013.

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Holding Company

Genworth’s holding company⁶ ended the quarter with approximately $1.3 billion⁷ of cash and liquid assets, down approximately $100 million compared to the prior quarter, from $57 million of debt interest payments and $75 million of net other expenses, partially offset by $31 million of dividends received from the operating companies. The holding company targets maintaining cash balances of at least one and a half times its annual debt service expense plus a risk buffer of $350 million. After deducting for the net proceeds from the sale of the wealth management business and cash on hand at Genworth Holdings, Inc. that will be used to address the remaining $485 million 2014 debt at maturity or before, cash and highly liquid securities were approximately $780 million at the end of the quarter.

About Genworth Financial

Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW) is a leading Fortune 500 insurance holding company dedicated to helping people secure their financial lives, families and futures. Genworth has leadership positions in offerings that assist consumers in protecting themselves, investing for the future and planning for retirement—including life insurance, long term care insurance, and financial protection coverages—and mortgage insurance that helps consumers achieve home ownership while assisting lenders in managing their risk and capital.

Genworth operates through three divisions: U.S. Life Insurance, which includes life insurance, long term care insurance and fixed annuities; Global Mortgage Insurance, containing U.S. Mortgage Insurance and International Mortgage Insurance segments; and the Corporate and Other division, which includes the International Protection and Runoff segments. Products and services are offered through financial intermediaries, advisors, independent distributors and sales specialists. Genworth, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, traces its roots back to 1871 and became a public company in 2004. For more information, visit genworth.com. From time to time, Genworth releases important information via postings on its corporate website. Accordingly, investors and other interested parties are encouraged to enroll to receive automatic email alerts and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds regarding new postings. Enrollment information is found under the “Investors” section of genworth.com.

Conference Call and Financial Supplement Information

This press release and the first quarter 2014 financial supplement are now posted on the company’s website. Additional information regarding business results will be posted on the company’s website, http://investor.genworth.com, by 7:30 a.m. on April 30, 2014. Investors are encouraged to review these materials.

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Genworth will conduct a conference call on April 30, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss the quarter’s results and provide a progress update on the company’s strategic priorities. The conference call will be accessible via telephone and the Internet. The dial-in number for the conference call is 877 888.4034 or 913 489.5101 (outside the U.S.); conference ID # 8233528. To participate in the call by webcast, register at http://investor.genworth.com at least 15 minutes prior to the webcast to download and install any necessary software.

Replays of the call will be available through May 14, 2014 at 888 203.1112 or 719 457.0820 (outside the U.S.); conference ID # 8233528. The webcast will also be archived on the company’s website.

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

This press release includes the non-GAAP financial measures entitled “net operating income (loss)” and “operating earnings per share.” Operating earnings per share is derived from net operating income (loss). The chief operating decision maker evaluates segment performance and allocates resources on the basis of net operating income (loss). The company defines net operating income (loss) as income (loss) from continuing operations excluding the after-tax effects of income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net investment gains (losses), goodwill impairments, gains (losses) on the sale of businesses, gains (losses) on the early extinguishment of debt, gains (losses) on insurance block transactions and infrequent or unusual non-operating items. Insurance block transactions are defined as gains (losses) on the early extinguishment of non-recourse funding obligations, early termination fees for other financing restructuring and/or resulting gains (losses) on reinsurance restructuring for certain blocks of business. The company excludes net investment gains (losses) and infrequent or unusual non-operating items because the company does not consider them to be related to the operating performance of the company’s segments and Corporate and Other activities. A component of the company’s net investment gains (losses) is the result of impairments, the size and timing of which can vary significantly depending on market credit cycles. In addition, the size and timing of other investment gains (losses) can be subject to the company’s discretion and are influenced by market opportunities, as well as asset-liability matching considerations. Goodwill impairments and gains (losses) on the sale of businesses, the early extinguishment of debt and insurance block transactions are also excluded from net operating income (loss) because, in the company’s opinion, they are not indicative of overall operating trends. Other non-operating items are also excluded from net operating income (loss) if, in the company’s opinion, they are not indicative of overall operating trends.

There were no infrequent or unusual items excluded from net operating income (loss) during the periods presented.

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While some of these items may be significant components of net income (loss) available to Genworth’s common stockholders in accordance with GAAP, the company believes that net operating income (loss) and measures that are derived from or incorporate net operating income (loss), including net operating income (loss) per common share on a basic and diluted basis, are appropriate measures that are useful to investors because they identify the income (loss) attributable to the ongoing operations of the business. Management also uses net operating income (loss) as a basis for determining awards and compensation for senior management and to evaluate performance on a basis comparable to that used by analysts. However, the items excluded from net operating income (loss) have occurred in the past and could, and in some cases will, recur in the future. Net operating income (loss) and net operating income (loss) per common share on a basic and diluted basis are not substitutes for net income (loss) available to Genworth’s common stockholders or net income (loss) available to Genworth’s common stockholders per common share on a basic and diluted basis determined in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the company’s definition of net operating income (loss) may differ from the definitions used by other companies.

The tables at the end of this press release reflect net operating income (loss) as determined in accordance with accounting guidance related to segment reporting, and a reconciliation of net operating income (loss) of the company’s segments and Corporate and Other activities to net income available to Genworth’s common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, as well as for the three months ended December 31, 2013.

This press release includes the non-GAAP financial measure entitled “core yield” as a measure of investment yield. The company defines core yield as the investment yield adjusted for those items that are not recurring in nature. Management believes that analysis of core yield enhances understanding of the investment yield of the company. However, core yield as defined by the company should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP investment yield. In addition, the company’s definition of core yield may differ from the definitions used by other companies. A reconciliation of core yield to reported GAAP yield is included in a table at the end of this press release.

Definition of Selected Operating Performance Measures

The company reports selected operating performance measures including “sales” and “insurance in force” or “risk in force” which are commonly used in the insurance industry as measures of operating performance.

Management regularly monitors and reports sales metrics as a measure of volume of new and renewal business generated in a period. Sales refer to: (1) annualized first-year premiums for term life and long term care insurance products; (2) annualized first-year deposits plus five percent of excess deposits for universal and term universal life insurance products; (3) 10 percent of premium deposits for linked-benefits products; (4) new and additional premiums/deposits for fixed annuities; (5) new insurance written for mortgage insurance;

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and (6) net premiums written for the lifestyle protection insurance business. Sales do not include renewal premiums on policies or contracts written during prior periods. The company considers annualized first-year premiums/deposits, premium equivalents, new premiums/deposits, new insurance written, and net written premiums to be a measure of the company’s operating performance because they represent a measure of new sales of insurance policies or contracts during a specified period, rather than a measure of the company’s revenues or profitability during that period.

Management regularly monitors and reports insurance in force and risk in force. Insurance in force for the life, international mortgage and U.S. mortgage insurance businesses is a measure of the aggregate face value of outstanding insurance policies as of the respective reporting date. For the risk in force in the international mortgage insurance business, the company has computed an “effective” risk in force amount, which recognizes that the loss on any particular loan will be reduced by the net proceeds received upon sale of the property. Effective risk in force has been calculated by applying to insurance in force a factor of 35 percent that represents the highest expected average per-claim payment for any one underwriting year over the life of the company’s businesses in Canada and Australia. Risk in force for the U.S. mortgage insurance business is the obligation that is limited under contractual terms to the amounts less than 100 percent of the mortgage loan value. The company considers insurance in force and risk in force to be measures of the company’s operating performance because they represent measures of the size of the business at a specific date which will generate revenues and profits in a future period, rather than measures of the company’s revenues or profitability during that period.

This press release also includes information related to loss mitigation activities for the U.S. mortgage insurance business. The company defines loss mitigation activities as rescissions, cancellations, borrower loan modifications, repayment plans, lender- and borrower-titled presales, claims administration and other loan workouts. Estimated savings related to rescissions are the reduction in carried loss reserves, net of premium refunds and reinstatement of prior rescissions. Estimated savings related to loan modifications and other cure related loss mitigation actions represent the reduction in carried loss reserves. Estimated savings related to claims mitigation activities represent amounts deducted or “curtailed” from claims due to acts or omissions by the insured or the servicer with respect to the servicing of an insured loan that is not in compliance with obligations under the company’s master policy. For non-cure related actions, including presales, the estimated savings represent the difference between the full claim obligation and the actual amount paid. Loans subject to the company’s loss mitigation actions, the results of which have been included in the company’s reported estimated loss mitigation savings, are subject to re-default and may result in a potential claim in future periods, as well as potential future loss mitigation savings depending on the resolution of the re-defaulted loan. The company believes that this information helps to enhance the understanding of the operating performance of the U.S. mortgage insurance business as loss mitigation activities specifically impact current and future loss reserves and level of claim payments.

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Management also regularly monitors and reports a loss ratio for the company’s businesses. For the long-term care insurance business, the loss ratio is the ratio of benefits and other changes in reserves less tabular interest on reserves less loss adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. For the mortgage and lifestyle protection insurance businesses, the loss ratio is the ratio of incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The company considers the loss ratio to be a measure of underwriting performance in these businesses and helps to enhance the understanding of the operating performance of the businesses.

An assumed tax rate of 35 percent is utilized in the explanation of certain specific variances of operating performance and investment results.

These operating measures enable the company to compare its operating performance across periods without regard to revenues or profitability related to policies or contracts sold in prior periods or from investments or other sources.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “will” or words of similar meaning and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the outlook for the company’s future business and financial performance. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially due to global political, economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other factors and risks, including, but not limited to, the following:

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The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

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Reconciliation of Net Operating Income to Net Income

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

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Impact of Foreign Exchange on Operating Results⁸

Three months ended March 31, 2014

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Reconciliation of Net Investment Gains (Losses)

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Reconciliation of Core Yield to Reported Yield

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