HAMILTON, Bermuda, Mar 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Assured Guaranty Ltd. (Assured Guaranty or the Company) (NYSE:AGO) announced that the three issues of quarterly interest bonds identified below issued by its subsidiary Assured Guaranty Municipal Holdings Inc. (AGMH), formerly Financial Security Assurance Holdings Ltd., have been approved by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for a listing on that exchange. The bonds, which had been trading on the TRACE system under the ticker symbols identified below, are expected to begin trading on April 1, 2010 under their new NYSE ticker symbols identified below:

Assured Guaranty has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the three issues of quarterly interest bonds, as previously announced on July 20, 2009.

"We have relisted these securities on the NYSE in order to increase price transparency and trading liquidity," said Dominic Frederico, President and Chief Executive Officer of Assured Guaranty. "As the leading financial guarantor serving the public finance and structured finance markets, we are deeply committed to providing investors with the information they need to make an informed decision about buying both bonds that we insure as well as our own debt securities."

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a publicly-traded Bermuda-based holding company. Its operating subsidiaries provide credit enhancement products to the U.S. and international public finance, infrastructure and structured finance markets. More information on the Assured Guaranty family of companies can be found at www.assuredguaranty.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

Any forward-looking statements made in this press release reflect the current views of Assured Guaranty with respect to future events and financial performance and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. For example, Assured Guaranty's forward-looking statements could be affected by: (1) rating agency action, including a ratings downgrade at any time of Assured Guaranty or any of its subsidiaries and/or of transactions insured by such subsidiaries, both of which have occurred in the past; (2) developments in the world's financial and capital markets that adversely affect issuers' payment rates, Assured Guaranty's subsidiaries' loss experience, their ability to cede exposure to reinsurers, their access to capital, their unrealized (losses) gains on derivative financial instruments or their investment returns; (3) changes in the world's credit markets, segments thereof or general economic conditions; (4) more severe or frequent losses implicating the adequacy of Assured Guaranty subsidiaries' loss reserve; (5) the impact of market volatility on the mark-to-market of the Assured Guaranty subsidiaries contracts written in credit default swap form; (6) reduction in the amount of reinsurance portfolio opportunities available to Assured Guaranty subsidiaries'; (7) decreased demand or increased competition; (8) changes in applicable accounting policies or practices; (9) changes in applicable laws or regulations, including insurance and tax laws; (10) other governmental actions; (11) difficulties with the execution of Assured Guaranty's business strategy; (12) contract cancellations; (13) the Assured Guaranty subsidiaries dependence on customers; (14) loss of key personnel; (15) adverse technological developments; (16) the effects of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; (17) natural or man-made catastrophes; (18) other risks and uncertainties that have not been identified at this time; (19) management's response to these factors; and (20) other risk factors identified in the Assured Guaranty's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which are made as of the date of this press release, Assured Guaranty undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE: Assured Guaranty Ltd.

Assured Guaranty Ltd., Hamilton
Investors:
Sabra Purtill, CFA, Managing Director, Investor Relations, 212-408-6044
spurtill@assuredguaranty.com
or
Ross Aron, Assistant Vice President, Investor Relations, 212-261-5509
raron@assuredguaranty.com
or
Robert Tucker, Managing Director, Fixed Income Investor Relations, 212-339-0861
rtucker@assuredguaranty.com
or
Michael Walker, Director, Fixed Income Investor Relations, 212-261-5575
mwalker@assuredguaranty.com