Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
WERTHEIM RAM D
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MBIA INC [MBI] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O MBIA INC, 113 KING STREET		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/21/2012
(Street)

ARMONK, NY 10504		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/21/2012   A   400,000 (1) (2) (3) (4) A $ 7.84 476,246 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
WERTHEIM RAM D
C/O MBIA INC
113 KING STREET
ARMONK, NY 10504		       EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Sec  

Signatures

 /s/ Leonard I. Chubinsky, Attorney-in-Fact   12/26/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Restricted stock granted under the MBIA Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended. 200,000 shares will vest on December 31, 2015 if Mr. Wertheim remains employed through such date, or earlier upon a change in control of the Company or his "qualifying termination," which includes a termination of his employment (a) due to his death or disability, (b) by the Company without cause, (c) due to his retirement after December 31, 2015 on at least six months' prior notice, or (d) with the approval of the Board of Directors.
(2) Up to 100,000 shares will vest on a pro-rata basis on the earlier to occur of December 31, 2016 or a change in control of the Company in which the Company's shares of common stock cease to be publicly traded, if Mr. Wertheim remains employed through that date (or he has a qualifying termination before such date), to the extent that the "market value appreciation" criteria for these shares is satisfied as of that date. Up to 100,000 shares will vest on a pro-rata basis on the earlier to occur of December 31, 2017 or a change in control of the Company in which the Company's shares of common stock cease to be publicly traded, if he remains employed through that date (or he has a qualifying termination before such date), to the extent that the "market value appreciation" criteria for these shares is satisfied as of that date.
(3) The "market value appreciation" criteria for the shares subject to vesting on a vesting date is satisfied to the extent that (x) the average closing share price over the 60 trading days prior to the applicable vesting date is between $10.00 and $25.00 per share, where 0% vests if the price is $10 or less, 100% vests if the price is $25 or more, and with linear interpolated vesting if the price is in between these two values; or (y) the fair market value per share of the Company's common stock over any 20 consecutive trading days has been at least $25 per share, in which case the percentage of the applicable shares to become vested on the applicable vesting date will be 100%.
(4) Any shares that have not vested as of the applicable vesting date will be forfeited unless otherwise approved by the Compensation and Governance Committee. In addition, the shares will (to the extent not yet vested) be forfeited upon Mr. Wertheim's voluntary resignation (other than in connection with a qualifying termination or as otherwise approved by the Committee) or the Company terminates his employment for cause.

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