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Special Purpose Entities, Including Variable Interest Entities - Supplemental Information about Loans Held as Assets and Long-Term Debt Associated with Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Detail) (Variable Interest Entities [Member], Successor Ambac [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Sep. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Variable Interest Entities [Member] | Successor Ambac [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items] |  |
Loans, Estimated fair value | $ 12,503,484 | $ 13,398,895
Long-term debt, Estimated fair value | 13,159,174 | 14,091,753
Loans, Unpaid principal balance | 10,653,928 | 12,226,481
Long-term debt, Unpaid principal balance | $ 12,661,349 | $ 14,251,771

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- Definition This represents the amount of principal outstanding on loans receivable that are presented on the balance sheet at fair value, whether such presentation is as a separate caption or parenthetical disclosure. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition This represents the amount of principal outstanding on long-term debt that is presented on the balance sheet at fair value, whether such presentation is as a separate caption or parenthetical disclosure. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Glossary Loan -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6517073 + Details
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- Definition The fair value amount of long-term debt whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. + References No definition available. + Details
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Period Type: | instant

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- Details
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