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Insurance Subsidiary - Financial Information Statutory Financial Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company [Member] | NEW YORK |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Net Income Amount | [1] | $ (1.2) | $ 1.9 |
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Capital and Surplus, Balance | [1] | 59.5 | 61.2 |
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company [Member] | MARYLAND |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Net Income Amount | [1],[2] |  | 104.6 | $ 118.2
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company [Member] | IOWA |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Net Income Amount | [1],[2] | (52.9) |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Capital and Surplus, Balance | [1],[2] | $ 1,239.0 | $ 1,211.6 |
FGL NY Insurance [Member] | NEW YORK |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Net Income Amount | [1] |  |  | $ 1.3
[1] | (a) FGL NY Insurance is a subsidiary of FGL Insurance, and the columns should not be added together.
[2] | (b) FGL Insurance Company re-domesticated to Iowa effective November 1, 2013. Prior to November 1, 2013, the Company was domiciled in the state of Maryland.

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