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Fresh Start Financial Statement Reporting - Schedule of Impact of Fresh Start Adjustments (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items] |  |  |
Fair value deferred acquisition costs | $ 0 |  |
Percentage of profit margin | 17.00% | 17.00% | 20.00%
Loans (Non-VIE) [Member] |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items] |  |  |
Principal-weighted average life | 6 years 9 months 22 days |  |
Coupon rate | 5.01% |  |
Discount rate | 9.71% |  |
VIE Loans and Long-Term Debt [Member] |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 5.70% |  |
Obligations Under Investment Agreements [Member] |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 9.40% |  |
Surplus Notes [Member] |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 10.60% |  |
Junior Surplus Notes [Member] |  |  |
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items] |  |  |
Discount rate | 16.60% |  |

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- Definition Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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