EXHIBIT 32.1



CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

(AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)



I, Pamela S. Schutz, as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company (the Company) certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. § 1350 (as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that to my knowledge:



| | (1) | the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2004 (the Report), filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
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| | (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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Date: March 1, 2005



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|/s/    PAMELA S. SCHUTZ              
|Pamela S. Schutz                     
|President and Chief Executive Officer



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EXHIBIT 32.2



CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

(AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)



I, J. Kevin Helmintoller, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company (the Company) certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), that to my knowledge:



| | (1) | the accompanying Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2004 (the Report), filed with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
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| | (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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Date: March 1, 2005



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|/s/    J. KEVIN
HELMINTOLLER                     
|J. Kevin Helmintoller                            
|Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer