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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 * LEE KEWSONG   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) 466 LEXINGTON AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/12/2009 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10017 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, par value $1.00 per share (?Common Stock?) 03/12/2009   P   469,285 A $ 3.59 71,486,898 (1) (2) (3) (4) I I (1) (2) (3) (4)

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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
LEE KEWSONG 466 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X

Signatures

/s/ Scott A. Arenare, attorney in fact		03/16/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	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.
(2)	The exercise of the warrants may be subject to approval by the New York State Insurance Department that WP X expects to receive within 60 days (provided that no assurances can be made as to when or whether such approval will be received) (consisting of warrants, exercisable for a total of 11,502,704 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $30.25 per share, B-warrants exercisable for a total of 9,824,942 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $30.25 per share and B2-warrants exercisable for a total of 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $16.20 per share (each subject to adjustments for certain issuances of common stock, stock splits, stock subdivisions, stock reclassifications, stock combinations, other distributions, certain repurchases, business combinations and similar actions)).
(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; and 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. As a Partner of WP and a Member and Managing Director of WP LLC, Mr. Kewsong Lee may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Common Stock held by WP X and the warrants exercisable for Common Stock held by WP X.
(4)	Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Mr. Kewsong Lee, 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. Lee 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.
Remarks: Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney (previously filed with the SEC on Form 3 with respect to MBIA by Kewsong Lee on February 1, 2008).

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