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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Amount | $ (47,400,000) | $ 151,800,000 | $ (139,600,000)
Document Period End Date | Sep. 30, 2014 |  |
Deferred tax assets (Note 21) | 186,700,000 | 293,400,000 |
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest | 213,200,000 | 118,300,000 | 25,400,000
Statutory rate | 35.00% |  |
Effective income tax rate | 52.30% | 158.30% | (335.90%)
UNITED STATES |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest | 9,200,000 | (78,900,000) | (146,500,000)
Outside of the United States |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest | 204,000,000 | 197,200,000 | 171,900,000
Spectrum Brands |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 333,100,000 |  | 454,600,000
Net Increase (Release) In Valuation Allowance | 121,500,000 |  |
Undistributed Earnings of Foreign Subsidiaries | 351,500,000 |  |
Cumulative Unremitted Earnings | 3,100,000 |  | 45,700,000
Foreign Earnings Repatriated | 190,500,000 |  | 12,500,000
Spectrum Brands | U S Federal |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 299,100,000 |  | 421,700,000
Net Increase (Release) In Valuation Allowance | 122,600,000 |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 1,087,800,000 |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Subject to Expiration | 301,700,000 |  |
Relase of Valuation Allowance Due To Acquisition | 62,600,000 |  | 49,800,000
Deferred Tax Liabilities Basis In Assets Acquired |  |  | 49,800,000
Spectrum Brands | State and Local Jurisdiction |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 70,300,000 |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Subject to Expiration | 16,800,000 |  |
Spectrum Brands | Foreign Tax Authority |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 34,000,000 |  | 32,800,000
Net Increase (Release) In Valuation Allowance | 1,100,000 |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 106,500,000 |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards, Subject to Expiration | 88,800,000 |  |
FGLH |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 118,800,000 |  | 158,700,000
Deferred tax assets (Note 21) | 137,400,000 |  | 240,500,000
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 92,500,000 |  | 92,700,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross | 256,200,000 |  | 399,200,000
Capital Loss Carry Forward | 259,100,000 |  | 350,400,000
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Carryforwards | 54,300,000 |  | 54,200,000
Alternative Minimum Tax Credit Carry Forward | 6,300,000 |  | 6,300,000
FGLH | Life and Non Life Insurance Companies, net [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Net Increase (Release) In Valuation Allowance | (40,100,000) |  | (18,900,000)
FGLH | Life Insurance Company |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Net Increase (Release) In Valuation Allowance | 43,000,000 |  | 20,700,000
FGLH | Non Life Insurance Companies |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 40,800,000 |  |
Net Increase (Release) In Valuation Allowance | 2,900,000 |  | 1,800,000
FGLH | Capital Loss Carryforward [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 78,000,000 |  | 118,800,000
FGLH | Net Operating Loss [Member] |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance |  |  | 39,900,000
FGL |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Change in Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance, Amount | 40.1 |  |
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) on Unrealized Built in Gain on Securities Available for Sale | 23,700,000 |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Capital Loss Carryforwards | 255,000,000 |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Expiration Date | Dec. 31, 2015 |  |
Spectrum Brands |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Expiration Date | Jan. 01, 2034 |  |
HGI |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 279,900,000 |  | 204,000,000
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Extraordinary Items, Noncontrolling Interest | (9,400,000) | (47,000,000) | 89,500,000
HGI | U S Federal |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 497,300,000 |  |
Capital Loss Carryforwards | 35,500,000 |  |
HGI | State and Local Jurisdiction |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 16,300,000 |  |
Additional Paid-in Capital | Spectrum Brands | U S Federal |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards | 45,500,000 |  |
Other Restructuring [Member] | Spectrum Brands |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Foreign Earnings Repatriated | 178,700,000 |  |
Maximum | FGL |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Unrealized Built-in Gain on Securities Available for Sale, Amount Realized in Period | 67,800,000 |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Expiration Date | Dec. 31, 2019 |  |
Unrealized Built-in Gain on Securities Available for Sale | $ 100,000,000 |  |
Maximum | HGI |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Expiration Date | Dec. 31, 2034 |  |
Minimum | FGL |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Tax Credit Carryforward, Expiration Date | Dec. 31, 2015 |  |
Minimum | HGI |  |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Expiration Date | Dec. 31, 2029 |  |

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