Contingent Liabilities Contingent Liabilities (Details) (USD $)			0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Jun. 06, 2012 Pending Litigation United States District Court for the District of Delaware treaty	Jun. 05, 2012 Pending Litigation United States District Court for the District of Delaware unnamed_trust	Feb. 12, 2014 Subsequent Event	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event subsidiary	Jul. 16, 2014 Subsequent Event Settled Litigation SEC Cease-and-Desist Order	Apr. 09, 2014 Subsequent Event Pending Litigation United States District Court for the District of Delaware claim	Jul. 12, 2013 Subsequent Event Pending Litigation United States District Court for the Southern District of New York case claim	Aug. 26, 2013 Subsequent Event Pending Litigation United States District Court for the Southern District of New York claim	Jul. 12, 2013 Subsequent Event Pending Litigation United States District Court for the Southern District of New York claim	Jul. 12, 2013 Subsequent Event Pending Litigation Policyholder Complaint to State Insurance Departments [Member] state	Mar. 31, 2013 UPCH state	Mar. 31, 2013 Kelmar state
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Civil monetary penalty			$ 375,000		$ 100,000
Civil monetary penalty per filing for the first week in which a filing is delinquent					20,000
Civil monetary penalty fee for each week after one week delinquent					20,000
Civil monetary penalty fee multiplier for number of complete weeks after one week					$ 5,000
Number of unnamed trusts		60
Number of treaties	1
Number of claims dismissed						7
Number of claims						10			2
Number of claims partially dismissed						2
Number of subsidiaries				2
Number of cases decertified								1
Number of new Claims filed							4
Number of states issuing letters directing to take remedial action										2
Number of states investigating COI adjustments											33	6