On September 22, 2008, New York Governor Paterson announced that New York will soon begin regulating certain credit default swaps (CDS) as insurance contracts. According to the announcement, a credit default swap is insurance when it is used by the owners of bonds to protect themselves if the issuer is unable to pay interest and principal because, in those cases, "the swap buyer is like a homeowner insuring a home."

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