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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FREDERICO DOMINIC   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ASSURED GUARANTY LTD [AGO] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President/CEO/Deputy Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) 30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/05/2013 (Street) HAMILTON, D0 HM08 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 Shares 02/05/2013   F   12,619 (1) D $ 17.75 1,005,955.4054 (2) D   Common Shares 02/05/2013   D   0.0998 (3) D $ 17.75 1,005,955.3056 (2) D   Common Shares 12/18/2012   G V 210,279 (4) D $ 0 0 I Family Limited Partnership Common Shares 12/18/2012   G V 210,279 (4) A $ 0 1,216,234.3056 (3) D   Common Shares 12/19/2012   G V 345,000 (5) D $ 0 871,882.3056 (3) (6) D   Common Shares 12/19/2012   G V 345,000 (5) A $ 0 345,000 I Family Trust Common Shares               9,400 I By Wife Common Shares               200 I By Daughter

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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
FREDERICO DOMINIC 30 WOODBOURNE AVENUE HAMILTON, D0 HM08	X		President/CEO/Deputy Chairman

Signatures

By: James M. Michener Attorney-in-fact		02/07/2013
**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)	Common Stock being withheld to pay tax liability.
(2)	Total reflects return of 136,836 common shares from the reporting person's Grantor Retained Annuity Trust in satisfaction of such trust's annuity obligation. These common shares were previously reported as indirectly owned by Trust.
(3)	Represents cash settlement of a fraction of a restricted stock unit granted pursuant to the Assured Guaranty Ltd. 2004 Long Tern Incentive Plan which meets the requirements of Rule 16b-3.
(4)	The reporting person's family limited partnership tranferred these common shares to the reporting person's individual account.
(5)	The reporting person tranferred these common shares from his individual account to his family trust.
(6)	Total includes 648 shares purchased on 12/31/2012 pursuant to the Assured Guaranty Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan which meets the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

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