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Investments - Fair Value and Gross Unrealized Losses of Available-for-Sale Securities (Detail) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) Security	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) Security
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2015
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	$ 5,297.0	$ 2,577.1
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(176.4)	(39.4)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	2,519.9	2,285.5
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(106.5)	(69.4)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	7,816.9	4,862.6
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	$ 282.9	$ 108.8
Total number of available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position, Less than 12 months | Security	783	319
Total number of available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position, 12 months or longer | Security	300	310
Total number of available-for-sale securities in an unrealized loss position | Security	1,083	629
Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	$ 725.9	$ 825.8
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(10.2)	(11.8)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	597.4	288.2
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(13.9)	(7.0)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	1,323.3	1,114.0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	24.1	18.8
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	318.9	160.3
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(6.9)	(0.9)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	56.8	0.4
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(0.1)	(1.1)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	375.7	160.7
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	7.0	2.0
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	2,832.7	816.6
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(127.3)	(16.3)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	893.8	1,127.8
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(46.3)	(32.6)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	3,726.5	1,944.4
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	173.6	48.9
Equities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	59.9	180.4
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(1.3)	(2.2)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	94.6	54.9
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(3.1)	(2.9)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	154.5	235.3
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	4.4	5.1
Hybrids [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	174.1	258.2
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(5.2)	(2.3)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	360.9	290.0
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(23.7)	(12.9)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	535.0	548.2
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	28.9	15.2
Municipals [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	339.4
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(12.8)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	210.9	264.9
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(7.0)	(6.3)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	550.3	264.9
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	19.8	6.3
Agency residential mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	496.2	298.5
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses	(12.7)	(5.8)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	246.2	177.6
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(12.0)	(5.3)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	742.4	476.1
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	24.7	11.1
U.S. Government securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Less than 12 months	349.9	37.3
Available For Sale Securities In A Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Aggregate Losses		(0.1)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, 12 months or longer	59.3	81.7
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses, 12 months or longer	(0.4)	(1.3)
Available-for-sale securities, Fair Value, Total	409.2	119.0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Accumulated Loss	$ 0.4	$ 1.4

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