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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-13-022690
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130417
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130418
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130418

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874501
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURETY INSURANCE [6351]
		IRS NUMBER:				133621676
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10777
		FILM NUMBER:		13769235

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE STATE ST PLZ
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2126680340

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE STATE ST PLZ
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10004

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMBAC INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; padding-top: 6pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; padding-top: 6pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; padding-top: 6pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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reported): April&nbsp;17, 2013</B></P>

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in its charter)</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>file number)</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(I.R.S. employer</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>identification no.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One State Street Plaza, New York, New
York 10004</B></P>

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(Zip Code)</B></P>

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including area code)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 96%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4c))</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black"><B>Item&nbsp;8.01</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 23.1pt">On April 17, 2013, Ambac Assurance Corporation
(&ldquo;Ambac Assurance&rdquo;), a subsidiary of Ambac Financial Group, Inc., received a letter from the Office of the Commissioner
of Insurance of the State of Wisconsin stating that it has disapproved the requests of Ambac Assurance and the Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance (&ldquo;Segregated Account&rdquo;) to pay accrued interest on all outstanding Surplus Notes issued by Ambac Assurance and the Segregated Account on
the scheduled interest payment date of June&nbsp;7, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 86%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 23.1pt">(d) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">Press Release dated April 18, 2013.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 23.1pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Ambac Financial Group, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; width: 50%">Dated: April 18, 2013</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Stephen Ksenak</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Stephen Ksenak, General Counsel</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid">No.</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: black">Press Release dated April 18, 2013.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">EXHIBIT 99.1</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Ambac Assurance Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>One State Street Plaza</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>New York, NY 10004</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>212.658.7470</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>Web site: www.ambac.com</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B><I>News Release</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>For Immediate Release</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>AMBAC ANNOUNCES INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER DISAPPROVES INTEREST </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PAYMENT ON SURPLUS NOTES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">NEW YORK, April 18, 2013 -- <B>Ambac Assurance Corporation</B>
(&ldquo;Ambac Assurance&rdquo;) today announced that the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Wisconsin has disapproved the
requests of Ambac Assurance and the Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance (&ldquo;Segregated
Account&rdquo;) to pay accrued interest on all outstanding Surplus Notes issued by Ambac Assurance and the Segregated Account on the scheduled interest payment date of June 7, 2013.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B><U>About Ambac Assurance</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ambac Assurance is a guarantor of public finance and structured
finance obligations, and is the principal operating subsidiary of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (&ldquo;Ambac&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On November 8, 2010, Ambac filed for a
voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (&ldquo;Bankruptcy Code&rdquo;) in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (&ldquo;Bankruptcy Court&rdquo;). The Bankruptcy Court entered an
order confirming Ambac&rsquo;s plan of reorganization on March 14, 2012. Until the plan of reorganization is consummated and Ambac emerges from bankruptcy,
it will continue to operate in the ordinary course of business as &ldquo;debtor-in-possession&rdquo; in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and the orders of the Bankruptcy Court. Upon consummation of the plan of reorganization, Ambac&rsquo;s existing common stock will be
cancelled and extinguished and the holders thereof will not be entitled to receive, and will not retain, any property or interest
on account of such common stock.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Contact Information:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Michael Fitzgerald</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">212-208-3222</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">mfitzgerald@ambac.com</P>

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