Assured Guaranty Corp. Appoints Michael Walker as Director of Fixed Income Investor Relations

Mr. Walker joins Assured Guaranty from XL Capital Assurance, wherehe served as Director of Fixed Income Investor Relations. He has over12 years of experience in fixed income investor relations and creditmarkets. Prior to XL Capital Assurance, he was a Vice President in RBCCapital Markets' Global Securitization Group.

Sabra Purtill commented, "We are pleased to welcome Mike to theAssured Guaranty team. His experience and relationships in the fixedincome investor market will help Assured Guaranty continue to expandour market presence and help us continue to provide timely andproactive service to our investors."

Assured Guaranty Corp. is a leading provider of financial guarantyinsurance in the U.S. and international public finance, structuredfinance and mortgage-backed securities markets. Assured GuarantyCorp.'s underwriting experience combined with its financial strengthmake it the innovative financial guaranty partner of choice forissuers, investors and broker/dealers.

Assured Guaranty Ltd. is a Bermuda-based holding company. Itsoperating subsidiaries provide credit enhancement products to the U.S.and international public finance, structured finance and mortgagemarkets. More information can be found athttp://www.assuredguaranty.com.

Any forward-looking statements made in this press release reflectthe Company's current views with respect to future events andfinancial performance and are made pursuant to the safe harborprovisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actualresults to differ materially from those set forth in these statements.For example, the forward-looking statements concerning potentialbusiness in the fixed income markets could be affected by demand,competition and regulatory action. The forward looking statements alsocould be affected by rating agency action such as a ratings downgrade,difficulties with the execution of the business strategy, developmentsin the world's financial and capital markets, more severe losses ormore frequent losses associated with products affecting the adequacyof the company's loss reserve, changes in tax laws, loss of keypersonnel, changes in accounting policies or practices, and changes ingeneral economic conditions, as well as management's response to thesefactors, and other risk factors identified in Assured Guaranty Ltd.'sfilings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers arecautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-lookingstatements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.Assured Guaranty Ltd. undertakes no obligation to publicly update orrevise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of newinformation, future events or otherwise.