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Represents the outstanding principal amounts of the underlying insured obligations that are accounted for as credit derivatives, net of protection purchased.

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Average period covered by credit risk derivative contracts, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value of credit risk derivative asset after deduction of credit risk derivative liability.

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