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Other Assets - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2016
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Asset Backed Loans And Other Invested Assets Gross | $ 46.0 | $ 274.6 |  |
Long-term debt | 5,540.7 | 6,112.1 |  |
Equity Securities Holdings Exposure Amount of Single Issuer Greater than Stated Percentage of Total Investments |  |  |  | 10.00%
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses | 12.8 | 93.5 | $ 1.5 |
Unrealized Amortized Cost On Securities | 38.1 |  |  |
Investments, Unrealized Gains | 14.1 |  |  |
Investments, Unrealized Losses | 0.0 |  |  |
Available For Sale Securities Carrying Value | 52.2 |  |  |
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current | 137.6 | 133.1 |  |
Asset Backed Loans And Other Invested Assets | 35.0 | 226.7 |  |
Other Investments | 0.0 | 52.2 |  |
Other assets (Note 13) | 172.6 | 412.0 |  |
Salus Capital Partners LLC |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses, Loans Acquired | 45.4 |  |  |
Provision for Loan, Lease, and Other Losses | 30.8 |  |  |
Salus Capital Partners LLC | Radioshack [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | 250.0 |  |  |
Front Street RE (Cayman) Ltd. [Member] | Radioshack [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 7.0 |  |
Doubtful [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Delinquent Amount at End of Period on Loans Managed and Securitized or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement | 30.1 | 79.8 |  |
Asset Backed Loans And Other Invested Assets Gross | 30.1 | 99.2 |  |
Radioshack [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 250.0 |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Period Increase (Decrease) | (19.2) |  |  |
Allowance for Loan and Lease Loss, Recovery of Bad Debts | 18.0 |  |  |
Radioshack [Member] | Loan Participations and Assignments [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 50.0 |  |
Allowance for Loan and Lease Loss, Recovery of Bad Debts | 9.0 |  |  |
Radioshack [Member] | Non-Qualifying Participation [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 100.0 |  |
Radioshack [Member] | FGL [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Recoveries of Loans Previously Charged off | 22.7 |  |  |
Radioshack [Member] | Salus Capital Partners LLC |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  | 93.0 |  |
Radioshack [Member] | Radioshack [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Write-downs | (52.6) | (51.1) | $ 0.0 |
Asset based loan receivables [Member] | Radioshack [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Trading Securities | 3.0 |  |  |
Asset based loan receivables [Member] | Radioshack [Member] | FGL [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Trading Securities | $ 1.5 |  |  |
Credit Concentration Risk [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Percentage Of Accounts Receivable Major Customers | 13.10% |  |  |
Credit Concentration Risk [Member] | Asset based loan receivables [Member] | Salus Capital Partners LLC |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Percentage Of Accounts Receivable Major Customers | 29.60% |  |  |
Inventories [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Asset-based loan, Collateral Type, Percent | 52.00% |  |  |
Receivables, net |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Asset-based loan, Collateral Type, Percent | 12.00% |  |  |
Other assets |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Asset-based loan, Collateral Type, Percent | 36.00% |  |  |
Apparel [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Asset Backed Loans And Other Invested Assets Gross | $ 18.8 | $ 66.0 |  |
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, All Financial Instruments [Member] |  |  |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Percentage Of Investments Fair Value In Relation To Invested Assets Portfolio |  | 24.00% |  | 40.90%

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