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Symetra Names New Regional Managers for
Group Benefits Business

Bellevue, Wash. — (January 31, 2008) — Symetra Financial announced today that Bill Boyett and Eric Nelson have been named regional managers for the company’s Group division. In this role, they will work with agents and brokers to market and distribute Symetra’s worksite products.

Bill Boyett has joined Symetra Financial as the regional group manager for the Carolinas Region. With more than 19 years experience in the insurance industry, working for health insurance carriers and as an independent broker, Boyett brings extensive knowledge of the group insurance market.

Prior to joining Symetra, for eight years Boyett worked closely with brokers distributing health insurance products with Allstate’s Workplace Division.

Eric Nelson has also joined Symetra Financial as regional group manager for the North Central Region, which includes Colo., Kan., Mo., and Neb. Nelson has worked with employers and agents in the group insurance market for more than 20 years, with experience at several national carriers, including Allstate’s Workplace Division, CIGNA and Prudential.

Symetra’s Group division provides a variety of products to help organizations meet their diverse insurance and benefits needs. Symetra’s Select Benefits is a leading limited benefits medical insurance solution that enables employers to cost-effectively broaden access to health benefits for previously uninsured workers. The company is also a market leader in medical stop-loss insurance, which protects employers’ self-funded health care plans against large potentially catastrophic claims.

About Symetra Financial

Symetra Financial Corporation provides retirement plans, employee benefits, life insurance and annuities through a national network of independent advisors and agents. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., Symetra has nearly $20 billion in assets.1 For more information, visit www.symetra.com.

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1 Source: Total GAAP assets per financial statements as of September 30, 2007.