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Shareholders' Equity - Deferred Compensation (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Unit
Dec. 31, 2013
Unit
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Deferred equity compensation, shares 320,193ago_DeferredCompensationEquityShare 320,193ago_DeferredCompensationEquityShare
AGC [Member] | Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan [Member]    
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Number of AGL common shares represented by each unit in employer stock fund 1ago_NumberofSharesofCommonStockRepresentedbyEachUnitinEmployerStockFund
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= us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember
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= ago_AssuredGuarantyCorpMember
 
Number of units in AGC SERP (in units) 74,309ago_DeferredCompensationUnits
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= us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember
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= ago_AssuredGuarantyCorpMember
74,309ago_DeferredCompensationUnits
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= us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= ago_AssuredGuarantyCorpMember
Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel [Member] | Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan [Member]    
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]    
Number of AGL common shares represented by each unit in employer stock fund 1ago_NumberofSharesofCommonStockRepresentedbyEachUnitinEmployerStockFund
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember
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= ago_ChiefExecutiveOfficerandGeneralCounselMember
 
Deferred equity compensation, shares 320,193ago_DeferredCompensationEquityShare
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= us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember
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= ago_ChiefExecutiveOfficerandGeneralCounselMember
320,193ago_DeferredCompensationEquityShare
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= us-gaap_SupplementalEmployeeRetirementPlanDefinedBenefitMember
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= ago_ChiefExecutiveOfficerandGeneralCounselMember