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Shareholders' Equity (Details 4) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Components of accumulated other comprehensive income      
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities arising during the period, pretax $ (625) $ 334 $ (188)
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities arising during the period, tax 219 (118) 66
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities arising during the period, net of tax (406) 216 (122)
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities arising during the period, attributable to noncontrolling interests 9 (4) 4
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on securities arising during the period, attributable to shareholders (397) 212 (118)
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses included in net earnings, pretax [1] 14 (52) (222)
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses included in net earnings, tax [1] (5) 19 78
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses included in net earnings, net of tax 9 (33) (144)
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses included in net earnings, attributable to noncontrolling interests [1] (1) 1 2
Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) losses included in net earnings, attributable to shareholders 8 (32) (142)
Reclassification for unrealized gains of subsidiaries sold, pretax (34)    
Reclassification for unrealized gains of subsidiaries sold, tax 12    
Reclassification for unrealized gains of subsidiaries sold, net of tax (22) 0 0
Reclassification for unrealized gains of subsidiaries sold, attributable to noncontrolling interests 0    
Reclassification for unrealized gains of subsidiaries sold, attributable to shareholders (22)    
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains on securities, beginning balance 743 [2] 563 [2] 823
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains on securities, pretax (645) 282 (410)
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains on securities, tax 226 (99) 144
Total net unrealized gains (losses) on securities (419) 183 (266)
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains on securities, attributable to noncontrolling interests 8 (3) 6
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains on securities, attributable to shareholders (411) 180 (260)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains on securities, ending balance [2] 332 743 563
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, beginning balance 0    
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, pretax 1    
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, tax 0    
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax 1 0 0
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, attributable to noncontrolling interests 0    
Other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, attributable to shareholders 1    
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, ending balance 1 0  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustments, beginning balance (8) 1 14
Other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustments, pretax (9) (8) (13)
Other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustments, tax (5) (1) 0
Other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax (14) (9) (13)
Other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustments, attributable to noncontrolling interests 0 0 0
Other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustments, attributable to shareholders (14) (9) (13)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, foreign currency translation adjustments, ending balance (22) (8) 1
Accumulated other comprehensive income, pension and other postretirement plans adjustments, beginning balance (8) (4) (6)
Other comprehensive income, pension and other postretirement plans adjustments, pretax 1 (6) 3
Other comprehensive income, pension and other postretirement plans adjustments, tax 0 2 (1)
Other comprehensive income, pension and other postretirement plans adjustments, net of tax 1 (4) 2
Other comprehensive income, pension and other postretirement plans adjustments, attributable to shareholders 1 (4) 2
Accumulated other comprehensive income, pension and other postretirement plans adjustments, ending balance (7) (8) (4)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, total, beginning balance 727 560 831
Other comprehensive income, total, pretax (652) 268 (420)
Other comprehensive income, total, tax 221 (98) 143
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax (431) 170 (277)
Other comprehensive income, total, attributable to noncontrolling interests 8 (3) 6
Other comprehensive income, total, attributable to shareholders (423) 167 (271)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, total, ending balance $ 304 $ 727 $ 560
[1] The reclassification adjustment out of net unrealized gains on securities affected the following lines in AFG’s Statement of Earnings: OCI component Affected line in the Statement of Earnings Pretax Realized gains on securities Tax Provision for income taxes Attributable to noncontrolling interests Net earnings (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
[2] Includes net unrealized gains of $51 million at December 31, 2015 compared to net unrealized gains of $58 million and $54 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, related to securities for which only the credit portion of an other-than-temporary impairment has been recorded in earnings.