GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS RESTORATION PLAN

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Exhibit 10.34

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS RESTORATION PLAN

(As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009)

INTRODUCTION

Effective September 27, 2005, Genworth Financial, Inc. established the Genworth Financial, Inc. Retirement and Savings Restoration Plan as a non-qualified deferred compensation plan established and maintained solely for the purpose of providing a select group of highly-compensated and management employees with Company Contribution Credits that they are precluded from receiving under the Genworth Financial, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan as a result of limitations imposed under Internal Revenue Code Sections 401(a)(17) and 415. The Plan was most recently amended and restated effective as of November 3, 2006 (the “Prior Plan”). Effective as of January 1, 2009, the Prior Plan is amended and restated as set forth in this document to comply with Code Section 409A and for certain other purposes.

The Genworth Financial, Inc. Board of Directors has determined that the benefits to be paid under this Plan constitute reasonable compensation for the services rendered and to be rendered by eligible employees.

The Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). The Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Plan is intended to be a “top-hat” plan within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) and shall be administered and interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent.

SECTION I

DEFINITIONS

Whenever used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below unless otherwise expressly provided. Wherever used, the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to refer either to a male or female, and the singular shall be deemed to refer to the singular or plural, as appropriate by context.

1.1 Account. The bookkeeping account maintained under the Plan for each Participant by the Company to record his Company Contribution Credits plus earnings and losses thereon.

1.2 Beneficiary. The person(s) or entity designated by the Participant to receive his benefits under the Plan in the event of his death.

1.3 Code. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

1.4 Committee. The Benefits Committee appointed by the Board to be responsible for the Plan and its administration.

1.5 Company. Genworth Financial, Inc.

1.6 Company Contribution Credits. Contribution amounts credited to a Participant’s Account pursuant to Section 3.1.

1.7 Compensation. Eligible Pay as defined in the Savings Plan feature of the Qualified Plan in excess of the Code Section 401(a)(17) limits paid to an Eligible Employee by the Company during each calendar year.

1.8 Effective Date. September 27, 2005.

1.9 Employee. A person receiving eligible pay from the Company or an affiliate that participates in the Plan.

1.10 Participant. An Executive Employee who:

(i)

is assigned to salary band 1 by the Company;

(ii)

has elected to make at least a 5% Pre-Tax Contribution to the Qualified Plan during an entire Plan Year or from the date an Employee first satisfies the requirements in (i) and (iii) of this Section 1.10 if such date occurs during the Plan Year; and

(iii)

has contributions under the Qualified Plan limited because of Code Section 401(a)(17) or Code Section 415, as adjusted from time to time.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective as of October 20, 2006 at the Company’s acquisition of AssetMark Investment Services, Inc. (“AssetMark” ) through the Plan Year ending December 31, 2009, current Employees of AssetMark on October 20, 2006 and individuals hired directly by the Genworth Financial Asset Management business (“GFAM”) thereafter shall not be eligible to participate. Employees who are employed by the Company or a participating affiliate other than AssetMark as of October 20, 2006 or later and are subsequently transferred to GFAM shall retain their eligibility to participate, provided they continue to meet the requirements of this Section. Effective January 1, 2010, Employees of AssetMark shall be eligible to participate on the same basis as Company Employees.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective as of August 29, 2008 at the Company’s acquisition of Quantuvis Consulting, Inc. (“Quantuvis”), current Employees of Quantuvis on August 29, 2008 and individuals hired directly by the Company’s Quantuvis business unit thereafter shall not be eligible to participate. Employees who are employed by the Company or a participating affiliate other than Quantuvis as of August 29, 2008 or later and are subsequently transferred to the Quantuvis business unit shall retain their eligibility to participate, provided they continue to meet the requirements of this Section.

1.11 Plan. The Genworth Financial, Inc. Retirement and Savings Restoration Plan.

1.12 Plan Year. The initial Plan Year is from the Effective Date to December 31, 2005. Thereafter, the Plan Year will be the calendar year.

1.13 Pre-Tax Contribution Election. The election made by a Participant under the Qualified Plan to contribute a portion of Compensation on a pre-tax basis to the Qualified Plan.

1.14 Qualified Plan. The Genworth Financial, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan, as amended from time to time.

SECTION II

ELIGIBILITY/PARTICIPATION

2.1 In General. An eligible Employee shall become a Participant in the Plan as of the date he makes an initial Pre-Tax Contribution Election electing to make at least a 5% Pre-Tax Contribution under the Qualified Plan. The Committee shall have sole discretion in determining an Employee’s eligibility for and inclusion in this Plan.

2.2 Termination of Participation. Contributions shall cease upon a Participant’s termination of employment or if the Participant ceases to be an eligible Employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a vested Participant who has terminated employment remains a Participant until all of his Plan benefits have been paid.

2.3 Change in Status. If a Participant ceases to be an eligible Employee but continues to be employed by the Company, then Company Contribution Credits on his behalf under this Plan shall be suspended.

SECTION III

RESTORATION BENEFITS

3.1 Company Contribution Credits. Each Participant shall be credited for each Plan Year with the amount of company contributions under the Qualified Plan that were reduced due to the Code Section 401(a)(17) or 415 limits. Company Contribution Credits will be discontinued while a Participant is on long-term disability or if a Participant is receiving severance payments. Effective January 1, 2007, the annual Company Contribution Credit per participant shall in no event exceed $80,000.

3.2 Timing of Company Contribution Credits. Within 90 days following the end of the Plan Year, each Participant’s Account will be credited with Company Contribution Credits as provided in Section 3.1 above.

3.3 Participant Contributions. A Participant is not required or permitted to make contributions to the Plan.

3.4 Vesting. Each Participant shall become 100% vested in his Account upon the attainment of age 60, disability, death or executive separations as approved by the Company’s Management Development and Compensation Committee (“MDCC”). If the Participant terminates employment with the Company or an affiliate before age 60 for any reason other than death, disability or executive separations as approved by the Company’s MDCC, his Account will be forfeited. For purposes of this Plan, disability will be determined in accordance with the Company’s long-term disability plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant shall become 100% vested in his Account upon a “Qualified Termination” following a Change of Control, as defined in the Genworth Financial, Inc. 2005 Change of Control Plan, as may be amended from time to time. In the event of a business disposition, as determined by the Committee, the Committee may provide that any Participant terminated due to a given disposition shall become 100% vested, notwithstanding the Participant’s age, provided he or she was an eligible Employee with a minimum of ten years of service as of the preceding December 31 and satisfies any other conditions established by the Committee with respect to a given business disposition.

3.5 Earnings on Accounts. The rate of return credited to each Participant’s Account will be reasonable and shall mirror the rate of return based on one or more of the investment options offered under the Qualified Plan, as determined by the Committee. Effective as soon as administratively feasible following a Participant’s separation from service, no additional earnings (or losses) will accrue with respect to each Participant’s Account.

3.6 Benefits to Minors and Incompetents.

(a) If any person entitled to receive payment under the Plan is a minor, the Company shall pay the amount directly to the minor, to a guardian of the minor, or to a custodian selected by the Company under the appropriate Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

(b) If a person who is entitled to receive payment under the Plan is physically or mentally incapable of personally receiving and giving a valid receipt for any payment due (unless a previous claim has been made by a duly qualified committee or other legal representative), the payment may be made to the person’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister or other person deemed by the Company to have incurred expense for the person otherwise entitled to payment. The Company may not be compelled to select any method that it does not deem to be in the best interest of the distributees.

SECTION IV

PARTICIPANT ACCOUNTS

4.1 Participant Accounts. The Company shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, records for each Participant showing the amounts credited from time to time to his Account.

SECTION V

PAYMENT OF RESTORATION BENEFITS

5.1 Commencement of Benefits.

(a) Benefits under this Plan shall commence within 90 days following the later of the Participant’s attainment of age 60 or separation from service with the Company or an affiliate, but for “specified employees” as defined under Code Section 409A, in no event shall benefits commence earlier than six months following such Participant’s separation from service date.

(b) If, prior to the commencement of benefits under (a) above, a Participant dies, the Participant’s benefits shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary within 90 days following the Participant’s death. The six-month delay period for “specified employees” as described in (a) above will not apply in the event of death of the Participant.

(c) If, prior to the commencement of benefits under (a) above, a Participant becomes disabled, determined in accordance with the Company’s long-term disability plan, the Participant’s benefits shall commence twelve months after the Participant’s last day worked due to an approved disability leave.

5.2 Method of Payment.

(a)

Subject to (b) below, the Participant’s Account shall be distributed to him (or his Beneficiary, if applicable) in substantially equivalent annual installment payments over a ten-year period. The Participant’s Account balance will not remain subject to market risk associated with the mirrored investment options as described in Section 3.5 during the ten-year installment payment period.

(b)

If, as of the day following the annual Company Contribution Credits described in Section III immediately preceding his separation from service date, the Participant’s Account balance is less than $50,000, his benefit shall be distributed to him (or his beneficiary, if applicable) in a lump sum in cash. Subject to the provisions of this Section, the Participant will receive an initial distribution of his Account balance within 90 days

following his separation from service date on or after attaining age 60, based upon his Account balance as of the most recent annual Company Contribution Credits described in Section III and then a subsequent final distribution within 90 days following the final Company Contribution Credit for the Participant’s partial year of employment up to his separation from service date (final eligibility period).

SECTION VI

BENEFICIARY

6.1 Designation of Beneficiary. A Participant may, in the manner determined by the Committee, designate a Beneficiary and one or more contingent Beneficiaries to receive any benefits which may be payable under the Plan upon his death. A Participant may revoke or change any designation made under this Section 6.1 in the manner determined by the Committee. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary, the payment of benefits under the Plan on account of his death shall be governed by the beneficiary elections designated by the Participant under the Qualified Plan. If no designation has been made under the Qualified Plan, benefits will be paid to the Participant’s spouse, if married, or to his estate, if single.

SECTION VII

TAXES

7.1 Withholding Taxes. Benefits paid under the Plan may be subject to federal, state and local income and payroll taxes. The Committee shall arrange for all such taxes to be paid in the manner required by law. The Participant’s share of Social Security and Medicare (“FICA”) taxes will be calculated proximate to the separation from service date and paid by deducting such amounts from a Participant’s regular pay, if any. If no regular pay is available to pay FICA taxes due, such taxes will be deducted from any payments made under the Plan. If no payments are being made from which FICA taxes may be deducted, the Participant agrees to remit such taxes to the Company upon request. The company reserves the right to offset all unpaid taxes against the interest of a Participant under the Plan.

SECTION VIII

ADMINISTRATION

8.1 Administration. This Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have complete authority in its sole discretion to make, amend, interpret and enforce rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and decide or resolve in its sole discretion any and all questions which may arise in connection with this Plan. The Committee may delegate certain of its duties to one or more Employees or to a separate committee appointed by the Committee.

8.2 Employment of Agents. In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit and may, from time to time, consult with counsel, including counsel to the Company.

8.3 Decisions. The decision or action of the Committee in respect of any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of this Plan and the rules and regulations hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in this Plan.

SECTION IX

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

9.1 Amendment or Termination. The Committee reserves the right, by written resolution, to amend, modify or terminate, either retroactively or prospectively, any or all of the provisions of this Plan, provided such amendment or termination complies with Code Section 409A; provided, however, that no such action on its part shall adversely affect the rights of a Participant, or beneficiaries without the consent of such Participant (or beneficiaries, if the Participant is deceased) with respect to any benefits accrued under this Plan prior to the date of such amendment, modification or termination of the Plan if the Participant has at that time a non-forfeitable right to benefits under Section 3.3 of this Plan.

SECTION X

GENERAL CONDITIONS

10.1 Funding. The benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid by the Company out of its general assets and shall not be funded in any manner. The obligations that the Company incurs under this Plan shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s other creditors having priority as to the Company’s assets.

10.2 Assignment. Except as to withholding of any tax under the laws of the United States or any state or locality, no benefit payable at any time hereunder shall be subject in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment or other legal process, or encumbrance of any kind. Any attempt to alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber any such benefit, whether currently or thereafter payable hereunder, shall be void.

10.3 No Contract of Employment. No employee and no other person shall have any legal or equitable rights or interest in this Plan that are not expressly granted in this Plan. Participation in this Plan does not give any person any right to be retained in the employment of the Company. The right and power of the Company to dismiss or discharge any employee is expressly reserved.

10.4 Terms. All terms used in this Plan which are defined in the Qualified Plan shall have the same meaning herein as therein, unless otherwise expressly provided in this Plan.

10.5 Plan Provisions Govern. The rights under this Plan of a Participant who leaves the employment of the Company at any time and the rights of anyone entitled to receive any payments under this Plan by reason of the death of such Participant, shall be governed by the provisions of this Plan in effect on the date such Participant leaves the employment of the Company, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan.

10.6 Governing Law. The law of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall govern the construction and administration of this Plan, to the extent not pre-empted by federal law.

10.7 Compliance with Code Section 409A. To the extent applicable, this Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Code, and the Committee shall interpret and administer the Plan in accordance therewith. In addition, any provision, including, without limitation, any definition, in this Plan document that is determined to violate the requirements of Section 409A of the Code shall be void and without effect and any provision, including, without limitation, any definition, that is required to appear in this Plan document under Section 409A of the Code that is not expressly set forth shall be deemed to be set forth herein, and the Plan shall be administered in all respects as if such provisions were expressly set forth. In addition, the timing of certain payment of benefits provided for under this Plan shall be revised as necessary for compliance with Section 409A of the Code.