New sufficient, and sometimes necessary and sufficient conditions, are
obtained for Schur- and Hurwitz-stability of interval by relying on t
he concept of connective stability and M-matrices. The necessity part
is broadened to include interval matrices with mixed signs of the off-
diagonal elements, provided the sign patterns follow that of the Moris
hima matrix. The obtained results are extended to cover convex combina
tions of interval matrices.