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Condensed Financial Information of Registrant (Parent Only) Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (Detail)
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Parent Company
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Parent Company
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2013
Parent Company
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Parent Company
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2014
Ordinary Shares A
Dec. 31, 2013
Ordinary Shares A
Dec. 31, 2014
Ordinary Shares A
Parent Company
Dec. 31, 2013
Ordinary Shares A
Parent Company
Dec. 31, 2014
Ordinary Shares B
Dec. 31, 2013
Ordinary Shares B
Dec. 31, 2014
Ordinary Shares B
Parent Company
Dec. 31, 2013
Ordinary Shares B
Parent Company
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]                            
Ordinary shares, par value $ 0.0001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.0001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.0001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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  $ 0.0001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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Ordinary shares, shares authorized 900,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 900,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 900,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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900,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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900,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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900,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Ordinary shares, shares issued             16,331,577us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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16,200,406us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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16,331,577us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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16,200,406us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Ordinary shares, shares outstanding             13,266,762us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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13,141,035us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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13,266,762us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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13,141,035us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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12,061,370us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding
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/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
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Deferred shares, par value       € 1gbli_DeferredSharesParValue
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  € 1gbli_DeferredSharesParValue
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Deferred shares, shares authorized     40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesAuthorized
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40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesAuthorized
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
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40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesAuthorized
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesAuthorized
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Deferred shares, shares issued     40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesIssued
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
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40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesIssued
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesIssued
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
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40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesIssued
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Deferred shares, shares outstanding     40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesOutstanding
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40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesOutstanding
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40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
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40,000gbli_DeferredSharesSharesOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
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Preferred shares, par value     $ 0.0001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
  $ 0.0001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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Preferred shares, shares authorized     100,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
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100,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
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100,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
100,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
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Preferred shares, shares issued     0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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Preferred shares, shares outstanding     0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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Treasury shares, cost             3,064,815us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares
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3,059,371us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares
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3,064,815us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares
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3,059,371us-gaap_TreasuryStockShares
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