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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 15 Months Ended |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  | 9 Months Ended |  | 9 Months Ended |  |  |
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Jun. 30, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2013 | Jul. 01, 2012 | Jul. 01, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Jun. 30, 2013 Futures contracts [Member] Contract | Sep. 30, 2012 Futures contracts [Member] Contract | Jun. 30, 2013 Commodity contracts [Member] Other Income Expense [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Commodity contracts [Member] Other Income Expense [Member] | Feb. 14, 2013 Swap [Member] Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] MMBTU | Jun. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Spectrum Brands [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands [Member] Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Sep. 30, 2012 Spectrum Brands [Member] Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands [Member] Zinc Commodity Swap Contract [Member] T | Jun. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands [Member] Interest rate swap agreements [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands [Member] Silver Commodity Swap Contract [Member] ozt | Jun. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands [Member] Bronze Commodity Contract [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Spectrum Brands [Member] Foreign exchange contracts [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Remainder of 2013 [Member] Swap [Member] Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 Remainder of 2013 [Member] Swap [Member] Oil Commodity Contract [Member] | Feb. 14, 2013 Remainder of 2013 [Member] Swap [Member] Oil Commodity Contract [Member] MBbls | Jun. 30, 2013 2014 [Member] Swap [Member] Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] | Jun. 30, 2013 2014 [Member] Swap [Member] Oil Commodity Contract [Member]
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contract value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 20,400,000 |  | $ 0 | $ 5,600,000 | $ 228,400,000 |  |  |  |  |
Derivative net loss/gain |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (700,000) |  |  | 2,400,000 |  |  |  |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, net of tax benefit/expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | 1,500,000 |  |  |  |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, non-controlling interest |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 400,000 |  |  | 1,700,000 |  |  |  |  |
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | 600,000 | 100,000 | (3,200,000) | 300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (600,000) |  |  | 2,200,000 |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Notional Amount | 6,293,200,000 | 6,293,200,000 |  |  | 5,830,400,000 |  |  |  |  |  | 112,700,000 | 172,600,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weight of raw materials under derivative contract |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  | 60 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash change in fair value of derivative financial instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,500,000 | 2,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, mitigating price volatility, natural gas covered |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13,365,300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, mitigating price volatility, oil covered |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 408,000 |  |
Derivative, Average Forward Price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 95.12 | 3.64 |  | 89.97 | 3.91
Percentage of production volume covered by derivative financial instruments | 76.80% | 69.70% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Credit reserve on its derivative assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash collateral |  |  |  |  |  | 4,300,000 | 9,800,000 |  |  |  | 500,000 | 100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Standby letters of credit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Call options purchased to match the funding requirements |  | Call options are one, two and three year options |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FGL purchases call options to fund the next index credit |  | One, two or three year call options to fund the next index credit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum amount of loss due to credit risk | $ 227,400,000 | $ 227,400,000 |  |  | $ 200,700,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Futures contracts |  |  |  |  |  | 1,244 | 2,835 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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