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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill [Line Items] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | The following is a summary of activity in goodwill that was all assigned to the Financial Guarantee reporting unit:
December 31 | 2015 |  | 2014
Beginning balance | $ | 514,511 |  |  | $ | 514,511 |
Impairment loss | (514,511 | ) |  | — |
Ending balance | $ | — |  |  | $ | 514,511 |
Reorganization Costs [Table Text Block] | Reorganization items: Professional advisory fees and other costs directly associated with our reorganization are reported separately as reorganization items pursuant to the Reorganizations Topic of the ASC. Reorganization items also include adjustments to reflect the carrying value of certain pre-petition liabilities at their allowable claim amounts, gain on the settlement of liabilities subject to compromise and fresh start reporting adjustments. The reorganization items in the Consolidated Statements of Total Comprehensive Income (Loss) consisted of the following items:
| Successor Ambac |  |  | Predecessor Ambac
|  |  |  |  | Period from May 1 |  |  | Period from Jan 1
| Year Ended December 31, |  | through |  |  | through
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | December 31, 2013 |  |  | April 30, 2013
U.S. Trustee fees | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 33 |  |  |  | $ | 23 |
Professional fees | — |  |  | 204 |  |  | 460 |  |  |  | 4,483 |
Gain from cancellation and satisfaction of Predecessor Ambac debt | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,521,435 | )
Fresh start reporting adjustments | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1,228,251 | )
Total reorganization items | $ | — |  |  | $ | 211 |  |  | $ | 493 |  |  |  | $ | (2,745,180 | )

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