Contract

                                                                       Exhibit 99-B.8.41

                                                                    THIRD AMENDMENT
                                                                                      TO
                                                     FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

                                                                           WITNESSETH

       WHEREAS, ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company (formerly Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity
Company) (“ILIAC”), OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Adviser”) and Xxxxxxxxxxx Variable Account
Funds (the “Fund”), (collectively, the “Parties”), have entered into a Fund Participation Agreement dated
March 11, 1997 (the “Agreement”), and as amended on December 1, 1999 and May 1, 2004; and 

       WHEREAS, the Parties reserved to themselves the right to amend the Agreement from time to time
in a writing executed by the Parties; and

       WHEREAS, the Parties now desire to amend the Agreement as set forth below;

       NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, and intending
to be legally bound, the Parties agree that the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)	ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company and its Separate Accounts are added as a Party to the Agreement.
(2)	ReliaStar Life Insurance Company and its Separate Accounts are added as a Party to the Agreement.
(3)	ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York and its Separate Accounts are added as a Party to the Agreement.

Except as provided herein, the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this third amendment by their duly
authorized officers as of the 15th day of August, 2007.

ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company				Xxxxxxxxxxx Variable Account Funds
By:				By:       ______________________________
Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx		Name:  ______________________________
Title:		Vice President		Title:    ______________________________
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.				ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Company
By:				By:       ______________________________
Name:				Name:  ______________________________
Title:				Title:    ______________________________
ReliaStar Life Insurance Company				ReliaStar Life Insurance Company of New York
By:				By:       ______________________________
Name:				Name:  ______________________________
Title:				Title:    ______________________________

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