EX-24 5 poa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY poa.htm
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned as directors and/or officers of NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and NATIONWIDE LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY, both Ohio corporations, which have filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and, if applicable, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, various registration statements and amendments thereto for the registration of current, as well as any future, separate accounts established by said corporations for the purpose of registering under said Act(s) immediate or deferred variable annuity contracts, fixed interest rate options subject to a market value adjustment, group flexible fund retirement annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies in connection with the separate accounts and contracts listed below:

Separate Accounts:
’40 Act Number
’33 Act Number
MFS Variable Account,
811-2662
002-73432
Multi-Flex Variable Account;
811-3338
033-23905, 002-75174
Nationwide Variable Account;
811-2716
002-58043, 333-80481, 033-60239
Nationwide Variable Account-II;
811-3330
002-75059, 033-67636, 033-60063, 333-103093, 333-103094, 333-103095, 333-104513, 333-104511, 333-104512, 333-104510, 333-105992
Nationwide Variable Account-3;
811-5405
033-18422, 033-24434
Nationwide Variable Account-4;
811-5701
033-25734, 033-26454, 333-62692, 333-135650
Nationwide Variable Account-5;
811-8142
033-71440
Nationwide Variable Account-6;
811-8684
033-82370, 333-21909
Nationwide Variable Account-7;
811-8666
033-82190, 033-82174, 033-89560
Nationwide Variable Account-8;
811-7357
033-62637, 033-62659
Nationwide Variable Account-9;
811-08241
333-28995, 333-52579, 333-56073, 333-53023, 333-79327, 333-69014, 333-75360
Nationwide Variable Account-10;
811-09407
333-81701
Nationwide Variable Account-11;
811-10591
333-74904, 333-74908
Nationwide Variable Account-12;
811-21099
333-88612, 333-108894
Nationwide Variable Account-13;
811-21139
333-91890
Nationwide Variable Account-14;
811-21205
333-104339

 
 
 

Separate Accounts:
’40 Act Number
’33 Act Number
Nationwide VA Separate Account-A;
811-5606
033-85164, 333-22940
Nationwide VA Separate Account-B;
811-06399
033-86408, 033-93482, 333-11415
Nationwide VA Separate Account-C;
811-7908
033-66496, 333-44485
Nationwide VA Separate Account-D;
811-10139
333-45976
Nationwide Multiple Maturity Separate Account;
N/A
333-133163
Nationwide Multiple Maturity Separate Account-2;
N/A
333-49112
Nationwide Multiple Maturity Separate Account-A;
N/A
333-47640
Nationwide VLI Separate Account;
811-4399
033-00145, 033-44290, 033-35698
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-2;
811-5311
033-16999, 033-62795, 033-42180, 033-35783, 033-63179, 333-27133
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-3;
811-6140
033-44789, 033-44296
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-4;
811-8301
333-31725, 333-43671, 333-52617, 333-94037, 333-52615, 333-53728, 333-69160, 333-83010
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-5;
811-10143
333-46338, 333-46412, 333-66572, 333-121881, 333-125481, 333-125482
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-6;
811-21398
333-106908
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-7;
811-21610
333-117998, 333-121879
Nationwide VL Separate Account-A;
811-6137
033-44792, 033-44300, 033-35775, 333-27123, 333-22677
Nationwide VL Separate Account-B;
811-07819
333-12333

 
 
 


Separate Accounts:
’40 Act Number
’33 Act Number
Nationwide VL Separate Account-C;
811-8351
333-43639, 333-36869
Nationwide VL Separate Account-D; and
811-08891
333-59517
Nationwide VL Separate Account-G
811-21697
333-121878

As such, the undersigned hereby constitute and appoint W.G. Jurgensen, Mark R. Thresher, Peter A. Golato, Mark D. Phelan, Timothy D. Crawford, Stephen M. Jackson, Jeanny V. Simaitis and W. Michael Stobart, and each of them with power to act without the others, his/her attorney, with full power of substitution for and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve, and sign such Applications and Registration Statements, and any and all amendments thereto, with power to affix the corporate seal of said corporation thereto and to attest said seal and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have herewith set their names as of this 29th day of August, 2006.
     
W. G. JURGENSEN, Director and Chief Executive Officer
  
ARDEN L. SHISLER, Chairman of the Board
     
JOSEPH A. ALUTTO, Director
  
JAMES G. BROCKSMITH, JR., Director
     
KEITH W. ECKEL, Director
  
LYDIA M. MARSHALL, Director
     
DONALD L. MCWHORTER, Director
  
MARTHA JAMES MILLER DE LOMBERA, Director
     
DAVID O. MILLER, Director
  
JAMES F. PATTERSON, Director
     
GERALD D. PROTHRO, Director
  
ALEX SHUMATE, Director