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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | $ 294,500,000 |  | $ 221,800,000
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | (900,000) | (500,000) |
Derivative, Notional Amount | 6,606,800,000 |  | 6,407,400,000
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 |  |
Derivative, Percentage of Production Volume Covered by Derivative Financial Instruments | 83.60% |  |
Futures contracts [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Cash collateral | 4,800,000 |  | 5,900,000
Futures contracts | 1,190 |  | 1,693
Call options [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash, Offset | 119,800,000 |  | 72,000,000
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | 294,100,000 |  | 221,800,000
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Amount Offset Against Collateral | 174,300,000 |  | 149,800,000
Swap [Member] | Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Natural Gas, Volume | 16,316,000.0 |  | 16,018,000.0
Swap [Member] | Oil Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative, Commodity Contract, Oil Volume | 272,000.0 |  | 375.0
Spectrum Brands [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative, Notional Amount | 106,700,000 |  | 108,500,000
Cash collateral | 500,000 |  |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Standby Letters of Credit [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Standby letters of credit | 0 |  | 0
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Zinc Commodity Swap Contract [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Contract value | 17,300,000 |  |
Weight of raw materials under derivative contract | 9 |  |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Interest rate swap agreements [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative net loss/gain | 700,000 |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, net of tax benefit/expense | 100,000 |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, non-controlling interest | 500,000 |  |
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | 600,000 |  |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Silver Commodity Swap Contract [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Contract value | 600,000 |  | 1,000,000
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | 30 |  | 45
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Bronze Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Contract value | 6,100,000 |  |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Foreign exchange contracts [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Contract value | 237,600,000 |  |
Derivative net loss/gain | 1,200,000 |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, net of tax benefit/expense | 500,000 |  |
Derivative net loss/gain, non-controlling interest | 800,000 |  |
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | 1,000,000 |  |
Remainder of 2013 [Member] | Swap [Member] | Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative, Average Forward Price | 96.14 |  |
Natural Gas, Volume | 16,316,000.0 |  |
Remainder of 2013 [Member] | Swap [Member] | Oil Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative, Average Forward Price | 4.17 |  |
Derivative, Commodity Contract, Oil Volume | 272,000.0 |  |
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | 299,700,000 |  | 227,700,000
Derivatives For Trading And Investment [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Futures contracts [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | 400,000 |  | 0
Derivatives For Trading And Investment [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Commodity contracts [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | 400,000 |  |
Derivatives For Trading And Investment [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Call options [Member] |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | $ 294,100,000 |  | $ 221,800,000

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