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EX-16.A.24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a24.htm
EX-16.A.5 - OPINION REGARDING LEGALITY/CONSENT OF COUNSEL - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a5.htm
EX-16.A.4.F - MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT (MVA) ENDORSEMENT - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a4f.htm
EX-16.A.4.E - STRATEGY ENDORSEMENT - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a4e.htm
EX-16.A.4.D - INCREASE IN REMAINING PREFERRED WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a4d.htm
EX-16.A.4.C - APPLICATION - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a4c.htm
EX-16.A.4.B - CONTRACT SPECIFICATION PAGE - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a4b.htm
EX-16.A.4.A - INDIVIDUAL ANNUITY CONTRACT - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a4a.htm
S-1/A - NW DEFINED PROTECTION (333-229802) - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651ds1a.htm

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholder

Nationwide Life Insurance Company:

We consent to the use of our report on the statutory financial statements and schedules of Nationwide Life Insurance Company (the Company) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019, included herein. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-229802).

Our report relating to the Company’s financial statements, dated March 20, 2020, states that the Company prepared its financial statements using statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Ohio Department of Insurance, which is a basis of accounting other than U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, our report states that the Company’s financial statements are not intended to be and, therefore, are not presented fairly in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and further states that those statements are presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with the statutory accounting practices.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Columbus, Ohio

July 15, 2020