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Net Income Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Common Shares Used for Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share | The following table provides a reconciliation of the common shares used for basic earnings per share to the diluted shares used for diluted earnings per share:
| Successor Ambac |  |  | Predecessor Ambac
| Three months ended March 31, 2014 |  |  | Three months ended March 31, 2013
Weighted average number of common shares used for basic earnings per share | 45,042,823 |  |  |  | 302,469,516 |
Effect of potential dilutive shares: |  |  |  |
Warrants | 1,998,028 |  |  |  | — |
Stock options | 4,891 |  |  |  | — |
Restricted stock units | — |  |  |  | 109,738 |
Weighted average number of common shares and potential dilutive shares used for diluted earnings per share | $ | 47,045,742 |  |  |  | $ | 302,579,254 |
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the above reconciliation: |  |  |  |
Warrants | — |  |  |  | — |
Stock options | — |  |  |  | 480,350 |
Restricted stock units | 1,599 |  |  |  | — |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the weighted average number of shares used in calculating basic net earnings per share (or unit) and diluted earnings per share (or unit). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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