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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) bbl in Thousands, MMBTU in Thousands, MBbls in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) ozt MMBTU $ / MMBTU $ / bbl MBbls T | Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) ozt MMBTU bbl T | Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Call options purchased to match the funding requirements |  |  | Call options are one, two and three year options |  |
FGL purchases call options to fund the next index credit |  |  | One, two or three year call options to fund the next index credit |  |
Derivative, Percentage of Production Volume Covered by Derivative Financial Instruments | 60.00% | 71.00% |  |  |
Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Natural Gas, Volume | MMBTU | 3,350,000 |  |  |  |
Oil Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Commodity Contract, Oil Volume | MBbls | 183 |  |  |  |
Swap [Member] | Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Natural Gas, Volume | MMBTU |  |  |  | 3,380 |
Swap [Member] | Oil Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Commodity Contract, Oil Volume | bbl |  |  |  | 273 |
Spectrum Brands [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash Collateral for Borrowed Securities | $ 4,100,000 |  |  | $ 3,500,000 |
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | 200,000 | $ 4,800,000 |  |  |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Standby Letters of Credit [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Standby letters of credit |  |  | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Zinc Commodity Swap Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Contracts Market Value | 22,600,000 |  |  | $ 22,200,000 |
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | $ 2,100,000 |  |  |  |
Weight Of Raw Material Under Derivative Contract | T | 11.6 |  |  | 10.8 |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Foreign Exchange Forward [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Contracts Market Value | $ 160,700,000 |  |  | $ 126,800,000 |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Silver Commodity Swap Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Contracts Market Value | $ 200,000 |  |  | $ 400,000 |
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount | ozt | 15 |  |  | 25 |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Bronze Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Contracts Market Value | $ 6,500,000 |  |  | $ 8,500,000 |
Weight Of Raw Material Under Derivative Contract | T | 1.4 |  |  | 1.8 |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Interest Rate Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Fixed Interest Rate | 1.36% |  |  |  |
Estimated amount of derivative net losses/gains to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months | $ 700,000 |  |  |  |
Derivative, Notional Amount | 300,000,000 |  |  |  |
Spectrum Brands [Member] | Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Contracts Market Value | 220,500,000 |  |  | $ 300,600,000 |
Derivative net loss/gain | $ 2,900,000 |  |  |  |
Remainder of 2014 [Member] | Swap [Member] | Natural Gas Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Average Forward Price | $ / MMBTU | 2.50 |  |  |  |
Remainder of 2014 [Member] | Swap [Member] | Oil Commodity Contract [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative, Average Forward Price | $ / bbl | 41.44 |  |  |  |
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | $ 19,200,000 |  |  | 20,300,000 |
Other assets [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Call options [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Financial Instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset | $ 2,200,000 |  |  | $ 1,000,000 |

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