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Contracts Accounted for as Insurance - Selected Information for Policies Paid In Installments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Financial Guarantee Insurance Premiums [Line Items]
Premiums receivable, net of commissions payable	$ 1,513	$ 1,468	$ 1,376	$ 1,298
Financial Guarantee Policies Paid in Installments
Financial Guarantee Insurance Premiums [Line Items]
Premiums receivable, net of commissions payable	1,512	1,467
Deferred premium revenue	$ 1,795	$ 1,768
Weighted-average risk-free rate used to discount premiums	2.20%	2.10%
Weighted-average period of premiums receivable (in years)	12 years 6 months	12 years 6 months

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[Line Items] for Financial Guarantee Insurance Premiums [Table]

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Amount of the premium receivable for financial guarantee insurance contracts reported in the statement of financial position. This element primarily would consist of those financial guarantee insurance contracts which premiums are to be collected over the contract period, but may, on occasion, include premiums which are to be collected in full at inception, but which straddle a financial reporting period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 310
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477363/944-310-50-3

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-Topic 944
-SubTopic 310
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)(5)
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Weighted average period over which premium receivable for financial guarantee insurance contracts is collected where premium is received over the contract period, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 310
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(5)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477363/944-310-50-3

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Weighted-average risk-free rate used to discount amount of premium expected to be collected for financial guarantee insurance contract where premium is to be received over contract period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 310
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(4)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477363/944-310-50-3

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Amount of unearned premium revenue in the statement of financial position for financial guarantee insurance contracts where the premium is received over the contract period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 310
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147477363/944-310-50-3

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