SCHEDULE III - SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE INFORMATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended							11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Supplementary insurance information
Net Premiums and Policy Fees	$ 168,950
Net Investment Income	164,605
Benefits and Settlement Expenses	266,575
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	4,817
Other Operating Expenses	55,407
Premiums Written	16,821
Life Marketing
Supplementary insurance information
Net Premiums and Policy Fees	84,926
Net Investment Income	47,622
Benefits and Settlement Expenses	123,179
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	4,813
Other Operating Expenses	7,124
Premiums Written	12
Acquisitions
Supplementary insurance information
Net Premiums and Policy Fees	62,343
Net Investment Income	71,088
Benefits and Settlement Expenses	101,926
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	5,033
Other Operating Expenses	9,041
Premiums Written	2,134
Annuities
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Net Premiums and Policy Fees	6,355
Net Investment Income	37,189
Benefits and Settlement Expenses	30,047
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	(6,999)
Other Operating Expenses	9,333
Stable Value Products
Supplementary insurance information
Net Investment Income	6,888
Benefits and Settlement Expenses	2,255
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	25
Other Operating Expenses	79
Asset Protection
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Net Premiums and Policy Fees	13,983
Net Investment Income	1,540
Benefits and Settlement Expenses	7,447
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	1,858
Other Operating Expenses	13,354
Premiums Written	13,330
Corporate and Other
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Net Premiums and Policy Fees	1,343
Net Investment Income	278
Benefits and Settlement Expenses	1,721
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	87
Other Operating Expenses	16,476
Premiums Written	1,345
Successor
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired			$ 1,562,373							$ 1,562,373
Future Policy Benefits and Claims			29,703,190							29,703,190
Unearned Premiums			651,205							651,205
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds			13,921,256							13,921,256
Net Premiums and Policy Fees		$ 359,573	500,200	$ 481,316	$ 476,862					1,817,951
Net Investment Income										1,532,796
Benefits and Settlement Expenses										2,535,388
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired										95,064
Other Operating Expenses										602,402
Premiums Written										207,734
Successor | Life Marketing
Supplementary insurance information
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired			1,119,515							1,119,515
Future Policy Benefits and Claims			13,869,102							13,869,102
Unearned Premiums			134							134
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds			371,618							371,618
Net Premiums and Policy Fees										882,171
Net Investment Income										446,518
Benefits and Settlement Expenses										1,109,840
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired										107,811
Other Operating Expenses										58,609
Premiums Written										148
Successor | Acquisitions
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired			(178,662)							(178,662)
Future Policy Benefits and Claims			14,508,877							14,508,877
Unearned Premiums			3,082							3,082
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds			4,254,579							4,254,579
Net Premiums and Policy Fees										690,741
Net Investment Income										639,422
Benefits and Settlement Expenses										1,067,482
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired										2,035
Other Operating Expenses										89,960
Premiums Written										32,134
Successor | Annuities
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired			578,742							578,742
Future Policy Benefits and Claims			1,196,131							1,196,131
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds			7,090,171							7,090,171
Net Premiums and Policy Fees										62,583
Net Investment Income										296,839
Benefits and Settlement Expenses										224,934
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired										(41,071)
Other Operating Expenses										123,585
Successor | Stable Value Products
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired			2,357							2,357
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds			2,131,822							2,131,822
Net Investment Income										78,459
Benefits and Settlement Expenses										19,348
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired										43
Other Operating Expenses										2,620
Successor | Asset Protection
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired			40,421							40,421
Future Policy Benefits and Claims			60,585							60,585
Unearned Premiums			647,186							647,186
Net Premiums and Policy Fees										168,780
Net Investment Income										14,042
Benefits and Settlement Expenses										99,216
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired										26,219
Other Operating Expenses										151,590
Premiums Written										161,869
Successor | Corporate and Other
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Future Policy Benefits and Claims			68,495							68,495
Unearned Premiums			803							803
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds			$ 73,066							73,066
Net Premiums and Policy Fees										13,676
Net Investment Income										57,516
Benefits and Settlement Expenses										14,568
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired										27
Other Operating Expenses										176,038
Premiums Written										$ 13,583
Predecessor
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired						$ 3,155,046					$ 3,155,046	$ 3,476,622
Future Policy Benefits and Claims						29,944,477					29,944,477	29,771,958
Unearned Premiums						1,515,001					1,515,001	1,500,394
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds						14,340,542					14,340,542	14,899,185
Net Premiums and Policy Fees	168,950					436,385	$ 472,196	$ 499,928	$ 478,817		1,887,326	1,579,885
Net Investment Income											2,098,013	1,836,188
Benefits and Settlement Expenses											2,786,463	2,473,988
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	4,817										308,320	154,660
Other Operating Expenses											630,635	553,523
Premiums Written											213,344	200,724
Predecessor | Life Marketing
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired						1,973,156					1,973,156	2,071,470
Future Policy Benefits and Claims						14,077,360					14,077,360	13,504,869
Unearned Premiums						772,880					772,880	812,929
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds						349,698					349,698	311,290
Net Premiums and Policy Fees											854,186	796,109
Net Investment Income											553,006	521,219
Benefits and Settlement Expenses											1,075,386	1,143,132
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	4,813										175,807	25,774
Other Operating Expenses											47,688	46,263
Premiums Written											151	173
Predecessor | Acquisitions
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired						600,482					600,482	799,255
Future Policy Benefits and Claims						14,740,562					14,740,562	15,112,574
Unearned Premiums						3,473					3,473	4,680
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds						4,770,181					4,770,181	4,734,487
Net Premiums and Policy Fees											772,020	519,477
Net Investment Income											874,653	617,298
Benefits and Settlement Expenses											1,247,836	851,386
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	5,033										60,031	72,762
Other Operating Expenses											122,349	78,244
Premiums Written											35,857	24,781
Predecessor | Annuities
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired						539,965					539,965	554,974
Future Policy Benefits and Claims						1,015,928					1,015,928	1,037,348
Unearned Premiums						120,850					120,850	102,734
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds						7,190,908					7,190,908	7,228,119
Net Premiums and Policy Fees											75,446	80,343
Net Investment Income											465,849	468,329
Benefits and Settlement Expenses											314,488	318,173
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	(6,999)										47,448	31,498
Other Operating Expenses											115,643	110,266
Predecessor | Stable Value Products
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired						621					621	1,001
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds						1,959,488					1,959,488	2,559,552
Net Investment Income											107,170	123,798
Benefits and Settlement Expenses											35,559	41,793
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	25										380	398
Other Operating Expenses											1,413	1,805
Predecessor | Asset Protection
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired						40,503					40,503	49,276
Future Policy Benefits and Claims						46,963					46,963	49,362
Unearned Premiums						616,908					616,908	578,755
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds												1,556
Net Premiums and Policy Fees											169,212	165,807
Net Investment Income											18,830	19,046
Benefits and Settlement Expenses											93,193	97,174
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	1,858										24,169	23,603
Other Operating Expenses											161,760	155,857
Premiums Written											160,948	157,629
Predecessor | Corporate and Other
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Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired						319					319	646
Future Policy Benefits and Claims						63,664					63,664	67,805
Unearned Premiums						890					890	1,296
Stable Value Products, Annuity Contracts and Other Policyholders’ Funds						$ 70,267					70,267	64,181
Net Premiums and Policy Fees											16,462	18,149
Net Investment Income											78,505	86,498
Benefits and Settlement Expenses											20,001	22,330
Amortization of Deferred Policy Acquisitions Costs and Value of Businesses Acquired	$ 87										485	625
Other Operating Expenses											181,782	161,088
Premiums Written											$ 16,388	$ 18,141