A nice example of "ensurers will ensure everything" is the Ansari X Prize (space competition). They ensured against someone actually winning the competition: >

A nice example of "ensurers will ensure everything" is the Ansari X Prize (space competition). They ensured against someone actually winning the competition: > The funding for the US $10,000,000 prize was unconventional in being "backed by an insurance policy to guarantee that the $10 million is in place on the day that the prize is won." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansari_X_Prize#Funding https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansari_X_Prize#Funding