SEC Form 3 
FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 	  
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
BURGESS PETER S	

(Last)	(First)	(Middle)	
777 108TH AVE NE	
SUITE 1200	

(Street) 
BELLEVUE	WA	98004	

(City)	(State)	(Zip)	
	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/25/2010 	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 
Symetra Financial CORP [ SYA ] 		
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 
(Check all applicable) 
X	Director		10% Owner	
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)	
	
	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)				
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) 
X	Form filed by One Reporting Person	
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	
	
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) 	
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 	
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) 	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				
Explanation of Responses:	
Remarks:	
Remarks: Exhibit List: Power of Attorney	
No securities are beneficially owned.	
	Ellen J. Beardsley, Attorney in Fact	07/06/2010	
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date	
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.	
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                 POWER OF ATTORNEY - SEC SECTION 16 FILINGS

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of George C. Pagos, Jacqueline M. Veneziani and Ellen J.
Beardsley, and each of them and each of their respective successors, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact (the "Attorney-in-Fact"), each
with the power to act alone for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name,
place and stead to:

        (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Symetra Financial
Corporation or one or more of its subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Corporation"), Forms 3, 4, and 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act") and the rules thereunder;

        (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4, or 5, and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

        (3)     submit a Form ID for purposes of obtaining an EDGAR filing
code, if necessary;

        (4)     seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information from any third party, including the
Corporation, brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to
release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact; and

        (5)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any Attorney-in-Fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by any Attorney-in-Fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as Attorney-in-Fact may
approve in his or her discretion.

        The undersigned acknowledges that:

        (1)     this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
Attorney-in-Fact to act at his or her discretion on information provided to
such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

        (2)     the foregoing Attorney-in-Fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Exchange Act, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for
disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.  Accordingly,
the undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify each Attorney-in-Fact for and to
hold each Attorney-in-Fact harmless against any loss, liability, penalty,
claim, damage, settlement, judgment, cost or expense incurred on the Attorney-
in-Fact's  part and arising out of or in connection with actions taken by such
Attorney-in-Fact that are authorized hereunder, as determined in such Attorney-
in-Fact discretion; and

        (3)     this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility from compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting
requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any Attorney-in-Fact, or
such Attorney-in-Fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.

        This Power of Attorney supersedes any power of attorney previously
executed by the undersigned regarding the purposes outlined in the first
paragraph hereof ("Prior Powers of Attorney"), and the authority of the
attorneys-in-fact named in any Prior Powers of Attorney is hereby revoked.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation, (a) unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact, or (b) superseded by a new power
of attorney regarding the purposes outlined in the first paragraph hereof dated
as of a later date.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 1st day of July, 2010.

/s/Peter S. Burgess
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Peter S. Burgess
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