MBIA Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial guarantee insurance and related reinsurance, advisory, and portfolio services for the public and structured finance markets; and asset management advisory services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: United States Public Finance Insurance, Structured Finance and International Insurance, and Advisory Services. The company insures and reinsures structured finance and international public finance obligations, such as structured finance and asset-backed obligations; payments due under credit and other derivatives; bonds and loans used for the financing of projects or other entities located outside the United States; and obligations of sovereign-related and sub-sovereign issuers. It also monitors and remediates structured finance and international infrastructure risks, and U.S. public finance transactions; and is involved in certain transactions that require intensive remediation. In addition, the company provides cash management, customized asset management, discretionary asset management, and fund accounting services to governments, insurance companies, corporations, pension funds, unions, endowments, foundations, and investment companies; and manages asset/liability programs and conduits, CDOs, and other funding vehicles for banks, insurance companies, program trustees, and investment companies, as well as financial advisory and asset management services. MBIA Inc. was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.