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Acquisitions Acquisition - Ability Re (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Nov. 03, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2014
Ability Re [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Marketable Securities |  |  | $ 0.1 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssetsMarketableSecurities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross | 17.9 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents |  |  | 8.4 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCashAndEquivalents / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Funds Withheld |  |  | 359.5 hrg_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredandLiabilitiesAssumedFundsWithheld / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets |  |  | 368.0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Insurance Reserves |  |  | 346.9 hrg_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredandLiabilitiesAssumedInsuranceReserves / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other |  |  | 1.9 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesOther / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities |  |  | 348.8 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net Assets Less Goodwill |  |  | 19.2 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred | 19.2 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_AbilityReMember |  |
Shaser [Member] |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross |  | (1.5)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_ShaserMember |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other |  | $ 2.8 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredOther1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = hrg_ShaserMember |

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- Definition Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6578-128477 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35744584&loc=d3e6927-128479 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6613-128477 + Details
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- Definition Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56956791&loc=d3e4845-128472 + Details
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- Definition Amount of investments in debt and equity securities, including, but not limited to, held-to-maturity, trading and available-for-sale expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56956791&loc=d3e4845-128472 + Details
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- Definition Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56956791&loc=d3e4845-128472 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 37 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35744172&loc=d3e2207-128464 + Details
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