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Variable Annuity-8 Series Account (of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co of New York), et al. – ‘485BPOS’ on 4/17/20 – ‘EX-99.(13)’

On:  Friday, 4/17/20, at 12:44pm ET   ·   Effective:  5/1/20   ·   Accession #:  1683863-20-3898   ·   File #s:  811-23054, 333-203855

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/17/20  Var Annuity-8 Series Acct (o… NY) 485BPOS     5/01/20    4:3.6M                                   Donn… Fin’l/ArcFiling/FA
          → Variable Annuity-8 Series Account ⇒ Great-West SecureFoundation II Variable Annuity IRA

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 485BPOS     Great-West Securefoundation Ii Ira 485BPOS          HTML   1.35M 
 2: EX-99.(10)(A)  Miscellaneous Exhibit                            HTML      7K 
 3: EX-99.(10)(B)  Miscellaneous Exhibit                            HTML      5K 
 4: EX-99.(13)  Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     39K 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John L. Bernbach, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a New York corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all registration statements by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31^st day of January, 2020. 

/s/ John L. Bernbach 

John L. Bernbach 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, André R. Desmarais, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a New York corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all registration statements by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31^st day of January, 2020. 

/s/ André R. Desmarais 

André R. Desmarais 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Paul G. Desmarais, Jr., a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a New York corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all registration statements by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31^st day of January, 2020. 

/s/ Paul G. Desmarais, Jr. 

Paul G. Desmarais, Jr. 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Stuart Z. Katz, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a New York corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all registration statements by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31^st day of January, 2020. 

/s/ Stuart Z. Katz 

Stuart Z. Katz 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, R. Jeffrey Orr, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a New York corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all registration statements by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31^st day of January, 2020. 

/s/ R. Jeffrey Orr 

R. Jeffrey Orr 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a New York corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all registration statements by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31^st day of January, 2020. 

/s/ T. Timothy Ryan, Jr. 

T. Timothy Ryan, Jr. 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York 

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK 

POWER OF ATTORNEY 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Brian E. Walsh, a member of the Board of Directors of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a New York corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard G. Schultz and Ryan L. Logsdon, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all registration statements by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all registration statements by the Company or its separate accounts relating to annuity contracts and life insurance policies under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any and all amendments thereto, including the “Registration Statements,” as defined below, with all exhibits, instruments, and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority as may be necessary or desirable, hereby ratifying and confirming all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes that said attorney in fact and agent or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior power of attorney. 

The “Registration Statements” covered by the Power of Attorney are defined to include the registration statements listed below: 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31^st day of January, 2020. 

/s/ Brian E. Walsh 

Brian E. Walsh 

Member, Board of Directors 

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York 

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/23/21  Var Annuity-8 Series Acct (o… NY) 485APOS¶    2/23/21    2:620K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA