Equity Securities Holdings Exposure Amount of Single Issuer Greater than Stated Percentage of Total Investments

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Investment Securities Held by Subsidiaries Subject to Specialized Industry Accounting Principles at Fair Value

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Number of Investment Holdings in Industry

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Number Of Issuers In Investment

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Percentage Book Value of Investments Exceeded Stockholders Equity

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Percentage Of Accounts Receivable Major Customers

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Percentage of investments fair value in relation to invested assets portfolio.

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Percentage Of Net Sales Due To Customers

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Sales Outside Domestic Country as Percentage of Net Sales

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Fair value before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial liability or contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset.

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The net amount (to the extent disclosed within this portion of the income statement) by which an insurance settlement exceeds incremental costs incurred from the event causing an interruption of business, plus the insurance award for earnings lost from the event, such as a natural catastrophe, explosion or fire.

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Significant Risks and Uncertainties (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Insurers Investment	Sep. 30, 2012 Insurers	Sep. 30, 2011
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets	$ (260.1)	$ (224.3)	$ (46.6)
FGL's investment securities in the banking industry with a fair value	1,983.7	1,082.0
Exposure of FGL's invested assets	12.00%	6.00%
Number of issuers in investment	19	8
Number of holdings on investment securities	10
Percentage of total holdings in industry	41.80%
Stockholders' equity exceeded percentage	10.00%	10.00%
FGL
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Amortization of Intangible Assets	33.1
Wilton Reassurance Company
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Net amount recoverable from Wilton Re	1,337.7
Fair Value, Concentration of Risk, All Financial Instruments
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
FGL's investment securities in the banking industry with a fair value	1,892.1
Exposure of FGL's invested assets	11.70%
Number of issuers in investment	80
Single Issuer
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
FGL's investment securities in the banking industry with a fair value	150.7	152.9
Exposure of FGL's invested assets	1.00%	1.00%
Concentrations of Risk and Major Customers
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of net sales from major customer	18.00%	23.00%	24.00%
Percentage of trade accounts receivable from major customers	11.00%	13.00%
Net sales from outside of the United States	41.00%	46.00%	44.00%
Derivatives not designated as hedging instrument
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	1,888.6	1,793.7
FIA embedded derivatives \| Derivatives not designated as hedging instrument
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	(45.3)
Contractholder funds \| FIA embedded derivatives \| Derivatives not designated as hedging instrument
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Fair Value, Gross Liability	$ 1,544.4	$ 1,550.8