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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000814585-10-000015
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100401
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100405
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100405

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MBIA INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000814585
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURETY INSURANCE [6351]
		IRS NUMBER:				061185706
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		113 KING ST
		CITY:			ARMONK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10504
		BUSINESS PHONE:		914-273-4545

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		113 KING ST
		CITY:			ARMONK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10504

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COULTER DAVID A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179577

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09583
		FILM NUMBER:		10731113

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6855 PACIFIC STREET, AK-310
		CITY:			OMAHA
		STATE:			NE
		ZIP:			68106
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        <footnote id="F1">Shares acquired in payment of director retainer and meeting fees.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with an affiliated limited partnership, &quot;WP X&quot;) is the holder of (a) 46,159,252 shares of Common Stock and (b) warrants exercisable for 25,327,646 shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Warburg Pincus X L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;WP X LP&quot;) is the general partner of WP X; Warburg Pincus X LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (&quot;WP X LLC&quot;) is the general partner of WP X LP; Warburg Pincus Partners, LLC, a New York limited liability company (&quot;WP Partners&quot;) is the sole member of WP X LLC; and Warburg Pincus &amp; Co., a New York general partnership (&quot;WP&quot;) is the managing member of WP Partners. Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company (&quot;WP LLC&quot;) manages WP X. As a Partner of WP and a Member and Managing Director of WP LLC, Mr. David A. Coulter 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.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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.</footnote>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ram D. Wertheim, Gail D. Makode and Andrew Hughes, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of MBIA Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), Forms&nbsp;3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>

<P>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22<SUP>nd</SUP> day of February, 2010.</P>
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