Stock Insurance

Can anyone tell me why or why not insurance on stocks (which currently does not exist) would work? I was thinking something like an investor will pay a a semi-annual, quarterly, or monthly premium to insure their stock investment completely (i.e. ONLY if they lost money they could cash in and get it all back). This seems similar to a credit defualt swap but on stocks not bonds. I have a hard time believing this has not been thought of and is not being used on a grand-scale if there is not some fundamental flaw with the idea? Can someone enlighten me on this and tell me why not this idea works?

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