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 *
CARNEY SEAN
  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., 1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 301
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/01/2015
(Street)

PURCHASE, NY 10577
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 10/01/2015   A   4,242 (1) A $ 6.07 49,707 D  
Common Stock               1,910,417 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
CARNEY SEAN
C/O MBIA INC.
1 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 301
PURCHASE, NY 10577
  X      

Signatures

 /s/Shella Lieberman, Attorney-in-Fact   10/05/2015
**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 warrants exercisable for 1,910,417 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value (the "Common Stock") of MBIA Inc. (the "Issuer").
(3) Warburg Pincus X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X LP"), is the general partner of WP X; Warburg Pincus X GP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X GP"), is the general partner of WP X LP; WPP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WPP GP"), is the general partner of WP X GP; Warburg Pincus Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP Partners"), is the managing member of WPP GP; Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WPP GP LLC"), is the general partner of WP Partners; Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), is the managing member of WPP GP LLC; Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"), is the manager of WP X; and Messrs. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy, each a Managing General Partner of WP and Managing Member and Co-Chief Executive Officer 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 GP, WPP GP, WP Partners, WPP GP LLC, WP, WP LLC, and Messrs. Kaye and Landy disclaims beneficial ownership of the warrants exercisable for Common Stock, except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest in such warrants exercisable for Common Stock.
(5) Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) of the Act, Mr. Sean D. Carney, a Partner of WP and Member and Managing Director of WP LLC, herein states that this filing shall not be deemed an admission that he is the beneficial owner of any of the warrants exercisable for Common Stock held by WP X. Mr. Carney disclaims beneficial ownership of such warrants exercisable for Common Stock, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such warrants exercisable for Common Stock.

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