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Goodwill and Intangibles, including DAC and VOBA - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill, Acquired During Period	$ 7,100,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months	77,500,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths
Intangible assets amortization method	straight-line method
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	4,000,000us-gaap_IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill and Intangible Asset Impairment	(60,200,000)us-gaap_GoodwillAndIntangibleAssetImpairment
Amortization of intangibles	31,800,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	43,400,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	341,200,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization		323,200,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
2014			80,700,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo
2015			80,700,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree
2016			80,700,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour
2017			80,700,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)	(31,900,000)us-gaap_ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	(28,300,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
VOBA [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months	32,900,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_VobaMember
Cumulative adjustments for net unrealized investment gains	(157,200,000)hrg_CumulativeAdjustmentsForNetUnrealizedInvestmentGains / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_VobaMember		(164,200,000)hrg_CumulativeAdjustmentsForNetUnrealizedInvestmentGains / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_VobaMember
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2017	21,300,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_VobaMember
DAC [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Cumulative adjustments for net unrealized investment gains	(61,500,000)hrg_CumulativeAdjustmentsForNetUnrealizedInvestmentGains / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_DacMember		(55,500,000)hrg_CumulativeAdjustmentsForNetUnrealizedInvestmentGains / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_DacMember
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Deferred sales inducements, net of shadow adjustments	35,800,000hrg_DeferredSalesInducementsNetOfShadowAdjustments / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_DacMember		32,700,000hrg_DeferredSalesInducementsNetOfShadowAdjustments / us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = hrg_DacMember
Minimum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accretion Rate, VOBA	4.00%hrg_AccretionRateVOBA / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
Amortizable Life	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Accretion Rate, VOBA	5.00%hrg_AccretionRateVOBA / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember
Amortizable Life	20 years
Weighted Average [Member] | VOBA [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortizable Life	4 years 10 months 24 days
FOH [Member] | Trademarks and Trade Names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
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