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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * COULTER DAVID A   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MBIA INC [MBI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MBIA INC., 113 KING STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2013 (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 01/02/2013   A   4,442 (1) A $ 8.16 159,405 D   Common Stock               71,486,898 I See footnotes (2) (3) (4) (5)

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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
COULTER DAVID A C/O MBIA INC. 113 KING STREET ARMONK, NY 10504	X

Signatures

/s/Andrew Hughes, Attorney-in-Fact		01/04/2013
**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)	Shares acquired in payment of director retainer and meeting fees.
(2)	Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with an affiliated limited partnership, "WP X") is the holder of (a) 46,159,252 shares of Common Stock and (b) warrants exercisable for 25,327,646 shares of Common Stock.
(3)	Warburg Pincus X L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X LP") is the general partner of WP X; Warburg Pincus X LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP X LLC") is the general partner of WP X LP; Warburg Pincus Partners LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP Partners") is the sole member of WP X LLC; Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP") is the managing member of WP Partners; Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC") manages WP X; and Messrs. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy, each a Managing General Partner of WP and Managing Member and Co-President of WP LLC, who may be deemed to control the Warburg Pincus entities.
(4)	Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Act") each of WP X LP, WP X LLC, WP Partners, WP, WP LLC, and Messrs. Kaye and Landy disclaims beneficial ownership of the Common Stock and the warrants exercisable for Common Stock, except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest in such shares of Common Stock or such warrants exercisable for Common Stock.
(5)	Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Act, Mr. David A. Coulter herein states that this filing shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of any of the shares of Common Stock held by WP X or of any of the warrants exercisable for Common Stock held by WP X. Mr. Coulter disclaims beneficial ownership of such Common Stock and such warrants exercisable for Common Stock, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such shares of Common Stock and in such warrants exercisable for Common Stock.

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