SECTION 16
                                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these present, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of David F. Kurzawa, Michael J. McCullough and Christine A. Ness, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a
Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

        (2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Genworth Financial, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
and timely file such form with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

       This Power of Attorney supersedes and replaces any prior power of
attorney and shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked without notice for an individual attorney-in-fact upon that person's
termination of employment with the Company and any affiliate thereof or by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 28th day of July, 2015.

                                                 /s/ Nancy J. Karch
                                                 Nancy J. Karch