Assured Guaranty -UK- Ltd. Appoints Shrootin Shah as Director, Asset-Backed Securities.

NEW YORK -- Assured Guaranty Corp. (AGC), a subsidiary of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO), is pleased to announce that Assured Guaranty (UK) Ltd. has appointed Shrootin Shah as a Director in its Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) team based in London.

Prior to joining Assured Guaranty, Mr. Shah was a senior member of Commerzbank AG's ABS team in London, where he focused on both traditional and non-traditional asset classes, including balance sheet and real estate transactions and complex insurance-related structures. Mr. Shah, who is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and a graduate of the London School of Economics, worked in the insurance industry for 12 years prior to joining Commerzbank in 2000.

Jack Lester, the Managing Director of Assured Guaranty (UK) Ltd., commented: "We are delighted to welcome Shrootin to our team. His combined knowledge of securitization, capital markets and actuarial underwriting techniques will enhance our ability to provide innovative solutions for the investment and capital management needs of investors, banks and insurance companies alike."

AGC is a leading provider of financial guaranty insurance in the U.S. and international public finance, structured finance and mortgage-backed securities markets. AGC's underwriting experience combined with its financial strength make it the innovative financial guaranty partner of choice for issuers, investors and broker/dealers.

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

Any forward-looking statements made in this press release reflect the Company's current views 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, the forward-looking statements concerning potential business in the mortgage and ABS credit enhancement markets could be affected by demand, competition and regulatory action. The forward looking statements also could be affected by rating agency action such as a ratings downgrade, difficulties with the execution of the business strategy, developments in the world's financial and capital markets, more severe losses or more frequent losses associated with products affecting the adequacy of the company's loss reserve, changes in tax laws, loss of key personnel, changes in accounting policies or practices, and changes in general economic conditions, as well as management's response to these factors, and other risk factors identified in Assured Guaranty Ltd.'s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. Assured Guaranty Ltd. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.