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Reinsurance - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Oct. 17, 2011	Apr. 08, 2011	Jun. 17, 2013 Wilton Reassurance Company	Sep. 30, 2013 Wilton Reassurance Company	Jan. 01, 2013 Fgl Reinsurance Agreement With Fsr	Sep. 30, 2013 Nomura
Reinsurance Premiums for Insurance Companies, by Product Segment [Line Items]
Payments for reinsurance					$ 6.4		$ 1,400.0
Contractholder funds	15,290.4	15,248.2				4.5
ReinsuranceRecissionGainLoss						1.9
Fair value of insurance transferred assets			580.7	535.8
Pre-tax gain on reinsurance transactions deferred	18.0
Reserve financing facility								295.0
Upfront structuring fee								2.8
LetterofCreditFutureQuarterlyReductiun								$ 6.3
Reinsurance arrangment in percentage							10.00%

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Cash payments made for reinsurance during the current period.

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The total liability as of the balance sheet date of amounts due policy holders, excluding future policy benefits and claims, including unpaid policy dividends, retrospective refunds, and undistributed earnings on participating business.

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