FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN GENWORTH VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST AND CAPITAL BROKERAGE CORPORATION

EX-23.e.1.a

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

GENWORTH VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

AND

CAPITAL BROKERAGE CORPORATION

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT, effective December 8, 2009, to the Distribution Agreement dated July 31, 2008 (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between GENWORTH VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of each of its separate series of shares, and CAPITAL BROKERAGE CORPORATION, a Washington corporation (the “Distributor”).

WHEREAS, the Trust and the Distributor are parties (the “Parties”) to the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust is authorized and intends to establish additional and separate series of shares, with each such series representing interests in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets; and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend Appendix A of the Agreement to include additional series of the Trust; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, the Parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof, as follows:

Appendix A of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Appendix A attached hereto.

Except to the extent modified by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Parties has caused this Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written above.

Genworth Variable Insurance Trust                                                                           Capital Brokerage Corporation

By: _________________________                                                                                     By: _________________________

Title: _______________________                                                                                     Title: _______________________

Date: _______________________                                                                                     Date: _______________________

APPENDIX A

to the

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

Fund Names

Separate Series of Genworth Variable Insurance Trust

Genworth Calamos Growth Fund

Genworth Columbia Mid Cap Value Fund

Genworth Xxxxx NY Venture Fund

Genworth Xxxxx Xxxxx Large Cap Value Fund

Genworth Xxxx Xxxxx ClearBridge Aggressive Growth Fund

Genworth PIMCO StocksPLUS Fund

Genworth Xxxxxx International Capital Opportunities Fund

Genworth Xxxxxxxxx International Value Fund

Genworth Xxxxxxx Sachs Enhanced Core Bond Index Fund

Genworth 40/60 Index Allocation Fund 

Genworth 60/40 Index Allocation Fund 

Genworth Growth Allocation Fund

Genworth Moderate Allocation Fund 

Genworth Enhanced International Index Fund

Genworth Enhanced Small Cap Index Fund