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by heisenbit 1148 days ago
The way I understand the article: Insurance not likely to pay in case of small short cured default and in a major default the counterparty is at risk. So buying it as insurance makes no sense. But..

.. there are special rules which trigger even in a short default allowing a fair bit of money to be made turning the CDS into a sensible bet on a short duration US default.