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EX-16.A.23.A - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COd920651dex16a23a.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

POWER OF ATTORNEY

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:

Variable Annuities and Variable Life Insurance Policies

 

Separate Account (1940 Act File No.)

  

1933 Act File Nos.

MFS Variable Account (811-02662)    002-73432
Nationwide Multi-Flex Variable Account (811-03338)    033-23905, 002-75174
Nationwide Variable Account (811-02716)    002-58043, 333-80481, 033-60239, 333-176908
Nationwide Variable Account-II (811-03330)    002-75059, 033-67636, 033-60063, 333-103093, 333-103094, 333-103095, 333-104513, 333-104511, 333-104512, 333-104510, 333-151990, 333-105992, 333-147273, 333-140621, 333-144053, 333-147198, 333-160635, 333-164886, 333-168818, 333-177934, 333-177581, 333-177582, 333-177316, 333-177319, 333-177439, 3333-177441, 333-177729, 333-177731, 333-173349, 333-177938, 333-182494, 333-235382, 333-235383
Nationwide Variable Account-3 (811-05405)    033-18422, 033-24434
Nationwide Variable Account-4 (811-05701)    033-25734, 033-26454, 333-62692, 333-135650, 333-140812,
     333-201820
Nationwide Variable Account-5 (811-08142)    033-71440
Nationwide Variable Account-6 (811-08684)    033-82370, 333-21909
Nationwide Variable Account-7 (811-08666)    033-82190, 033-82174, 033-89560
Nationwide Variable Account-8 (811-07357)    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, 333-178057, 333-178059
Nationwide Variable Account-13 (811-21139)    333-91890
Nationwide Variable Account-14 (811-21205)    333-104339
Nationwide Variable Account-15 (811-23386)    333-227783, 333-227780
Nationwide VA Separate Account-A (811-05606)    033-85164, 033-22940
Nationwide VA Separate Account-B (811-06399)    033-86408, 033-93482, 333-11415
Nationwide VA Separate Account-C (811-07908)    033-66496, 333-44485
Nationwide VA Separate Account-D (811-10139)    333-45976
Nationwide VLI Separate Account (811-04399)    033-00145, 033-44290, 033-35698
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-2 (811-05311)    033-16999, 033-62795, 033-42180, 033-35783, 033-63179,
     333-27133
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-3 (811-06140)    033-44789, 033-44296
Nationwide VLI Separate Account-4 (811-08301)    333-31725, 333-43671, 333-52617, 333-94037, 333-52615,
   333-53728, 333-69160, 333-83010, 333-137202, 333-153343,
     333-169879, 333-229640
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, 333-146649, 333-140606, 333-149295, 333-156020, 333-182893, 333-182887


Variable Annuities and Variable Life Insurance Policies

 

Separate Account (1940 Act File No.)

  

1933 Act File Nos.

Nationwide VL Separate Account-A (811-06137)    033-44792, 033-44300, 033-35775, 333-27123, 333-22677
Nationwide VL Separate Account-B (811-07819)    333-12333
Nationwide VL Separate Account-C (811-08351)    333-43639, 333-36869
Nationwide VL Separate Account-D (811-08891)    333-59517
Nationwide VL Separate Account-G (811-21697)    333-121878, 333-140608, 333-146073, 333-146650, 333-149213, 333-155153, 333-182897, 333-182896, 333-215169, 333-215173, 333-223705
Nationwide Provident VA Separate Account 1 (811-07708)    333-164127, 333-164125, 333-164126, 333-164124
Nationwide Provident VLI Separate Account 1 (811-04460)    333-164180, 333-164117, 333-164178, 333-164179, 333-164119, 333-164120, 333-164115, 333-164118, 333-164116
Nationwide Provident VA Separate Account A (811-06484)    333-164131, 333-164130, 333-164132, 333-164129, 333-164128
Nationwide Provident VLI Separate Account A (811-08722)    333-164188, 333-164123, 333-164185, 333-164122, 333-164121

General Account Products

 

Insurance Company

  

1933 Act File Nos.

Nationwide Life Insurance Company    333-223955, 333-149613, 333-160418, 333-229802, Platinum
   Edge (re-registration, 1933 Act. No. TBD), Guaranteed Term
     Options (re-registration, 1933 Act No. TBD)
Nationwide Life and Annuity Insurance Company    333-47640

hereby constitute and appoint Kirt A. Walker, John L. Carter, Eric S. Henderson, Steven A. Ginnan, Jamie Ruff Casto, Paige L. Ryan, Stephen M. Jackson, and Benjamin W. Mischnick, and each of them with power to act without the others, as 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 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 19th day of March, 2020.

 

/s/ Timothy G. Frommeyer

    

/s/ Eric S. Henderson

TIMOTHY G. FROMMEYER, Director      ERIC S. HENDERSON, Director

/s/ Steven A. Ginnan

    

/s/ Mark R. Thresher

STEVEN A. GINNAN, Director      MARK R. THRESHER, Director

/s/ Kirt A. Walker

    

/s/ John L. Carter

KIRT A. WALKER, Director      JOHN L. CARTER, Director