Income Taxes	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	For the three and six months ended March 31, 2017, the Company’s effective tax rate of 94.4% and 93.8%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was primarily impacted by U.S. pretax losses in the Company’s Corporate and Other and Insurance segments where the tax benefits were not more-likely-than-not to be realized resulting in the recording of valuation allowance. Additionally, the Company determined that the deferred tax assets of the Insurance segment at the beginning of the fiscal year were no longer more-likely-than-not to be realized and established a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets during the three and six months ended March 31, 2017. The increase in income tax expense for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017 was principally due to current year losses from our Corporate and Other and Insurance segments in the U.S. that were not more-likely-than-not to be realized. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, the Company’s effective tax rate of (32.0)% and (40.4)%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was impacted by the expected utilization of a portion of Spectrum Brands’ U.S. net operating losses that were previously recorded with valuation allowance against Spectrum Brands’ earnings during the fiscal year 2016, the effects of the adoption of ASU 2016-09 that resulted in the recognition of excess tax benefits in the Company’s provision for income taxes rather than paid-in capital and recognition of tax benefits on losses from the Corporate and Other segment in the U.S. during the fiscal year 2016. The Company determined that a portion of the fiscal year 2016 losses related to the Corporate and Other segment were more-likely-than-not to be realized based on the expected taxable gain following the completion of any disposition resulting from the FGL Strategic Evaluation Process. The decrease in income tax benefits for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was principally due to current year losses from our Corporate and Other segment in the U.S. that were not more-likely-than-not to be realized. In addition, for the six months ended March 31, 2016, the effective tax rate was also reduced by $5.9 for non-recurring items related to the impact of tax law changes in state deferred tax rates on Spectrum Brands’ net deferred tax liabilities.

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2017, the Company’s effective tax rate of 94.4% and 93.8%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was primarily impacted by U.S. pretax losses in the Company’s Corporate and Other and Insurance segments where the tax benefits were not more-likely-than-not to be realized resulting in the recording of valuation allowance. Additionally, the Company determined that the deferred tax assets of the Insurance segment at the beginning of the fiscal year were no longer more-likely-than-not to be realized and established a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets during the three and six months ended March 31, 2017. The increase in income tax expense for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017 was principally due to current year losses from our Corporate and Other and Insurance segments in the U.S. that were not more-likely-than-not to be realized.

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, the Company’s effective tax rate of (32.0)% and (40.4)%, respectively, differed from the expected U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0% and was impacted by the expected utilization of a portion of Spectrum Brands’ U.S. net operating losses that were previously recorded with valuation allowance against Spectrum Brands’ earnings during the fiscal year 2016, the effects of the adoption of ASU 2016-09 that resulted in the recognition of excess tax benefits in the Company’s provision for income taxes rather than paid-in capital and recognition of tax benefits on losses from the Corporate and Other segment in the U.S. during the fiscal year 2016. The Company determined that a portion of the fiscal year 2016 losses related to the Corporate and Other segment were more-likely-than-not to be realized based on the expected taxable gain following the completion of any disposition resulting from the FGL Strategic Evaluation Process. The decrease in income tax benefits for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was principally due to current year losses from our Corporate and Other segment in the U.S. that were not more-likely-than-not to be realized. In addition, for the six months ended March 31, 2016, the effective tax rate was also reduced by $5.9 for non-recurring items related to the impact of tax law changes in state deferred tax rates on Spectrum Brands’ net deferred tax liabilities.