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Schedule II (Condensed Statements Of Operations) (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]      
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange $ 78mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange $ 69mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange $ 55mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
Investment losses related to other-than-temporary impairments:      
Net investment losses related to other-than-temporary impairments (15)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet   (105)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet
Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt 3us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 60us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt  
Other net realized gains (losses) 28us-gaap_OtherIncome (29)us-gaap_OtherIncome 7us-gaap_OtherIncome
Total revenues 1,270us-gaap_Revenues 1,209us-gaap_Revenues 2,435us-gaap_Revenues
Interest 210us-gaap_InterestExpense 236us-gaap_InterestExpense 284us-gaap_InterestExpense
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 72us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 166us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 364us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss) 569us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 250us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 1,234us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Parent Company [Member]      
Condensed Income Statements, Captions [Line Items]      
Net investment income 44us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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50us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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60us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange 24mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
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11mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
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(119)mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
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Investment losses related to other-than-temporary impairments:      
Investment losses related to other-than-temporary impairments 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities
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0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities
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(52)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsAvailableforsaleSecurities
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Other-than-temporary impairments recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionInOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestAvailableforsaleSecurities
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0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionInOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestAvailableforsaleSecurities
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(7)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionInOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTaxIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestAvailableforsaleSecurities
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Net investment losses related to other-than-temporary impairments 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet
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0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet
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(59)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet
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Net gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt 1us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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43us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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(2)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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Other net realized gains (losses) 1us-gaap_OtherIncome
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0us-gaap_OtherIncome
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6us-gaap_OtherIncome
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Total revenues 70us-gaap_Revenues
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104us-gaap_Revenues
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(114)us-gaap_Revenues
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Operating 25us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
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69us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
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40us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
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Interest 104us-gaap_InterestExpense
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105us-gaap_InterestExpense
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155us-gaap_InterestExpense
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Total expenses 129us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
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174us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
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195us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
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Gain (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of subsidiaries (59)mbi_IncomeLossBeforeIncomeTaxesAndEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries
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(70)mbi_IncomeLossBeforeIncomeTaxesAndEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries
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(309)mbi_IncomeLossBeforeIncomeTaxesAndEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries
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Provision (benefit) for income taxes (165)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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(202)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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(781)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Gain (loss) before equity in earnings of subsidiaries 106mbi_IncomeLossBeforeEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries
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132mbi_IncomeLossBeforeEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries
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472mbi_IncomeLossBeforeEquityInEarningsOfSubsidiaries
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Equity in net income (loss) of subsidiaries 463us-gaap_IncomeLossFromSubsidiariesNetOfTax
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118us-gaap_IncomeLossFromSubsidiariesNetOfTax
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762us-gaap_IncomeLossFromSubsidiariesNetOfTax
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Net income (loss) $ 569us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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$ 250us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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$ 1,234us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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