Contract

Exhibit 99-B.8.129
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
SELLING AND SERVICES AGREEMENT AND
FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO SELLING AND SERVICES AGREEMENT AND FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT is made effective the 1^st day of July, 2007, by and among Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (“Distributor”), RiverSource Service Corp. (“RSC”), RiverSource Distributors, Inc. (“RSD”), ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company (“ING Life”) and ING Financial Advisers, LLC (“ING Financial”).

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Distributor, RSC, ING Life and ING Financial have entered into to SELLING AND SERVICES AGREEMENT AND FUND PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT dated December 29, 2006 (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement to replace a party thereto;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as follows:

     Effective the 1^st day of July, 2007, by deleting all references in the Agreement to “Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.” and replacing them with “RiverSource Distributors, Inc. wherever they appear in the Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Agreement is hereby amended as set forth above.

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.				ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
By: ___/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx ___________				By: __/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx ___________
Print Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx				Name: ___Michael X. Xxxxxxxx _______________
Title: ______President________________				Title: ____Vice President _______________
RIVERSOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, INC.				ING Financial Advisers, LLC
By: ___/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx ___________				By: __/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx _________________
Print Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx		Print Name: __David Kelsey ____________
Title: _____President_________________				Title: __Vice President _________________
RIVERSOURCE SERVICE CORPORATION
By: __/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx - Strong ________
Print Name: __Lyn Kephard – Strong __
Title: ___President_________________