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Income Taxes - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Decrease in valuation allowance $ 78,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Adjustment to additional paid-in-capital for income tax benefits attributable to employee stock compensation 89,000,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation 74,000,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation 33,000,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalTaxEffectFromShareBasedCompensation
Deferred tax liabilities from undistributed foreign earnings 28,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings 51,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings  
Undistributed foreign earnings 2,200,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Benefit realized from tax holiday granted 7,000,000aon_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefits 3,000,000aon_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefits 0aon_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefits
Earnings per share impact of tax holiday $ 0.02us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare $ 0.00us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate 154,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 141,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 156,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Accrued potential interest and penalties 4,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 2,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense 6,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense
Liability recorded for interest and penalties 31,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 27,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 23,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
U.K. [Member]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 154,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
660,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
 
Capital loss carryforwards 380,000,000aon_CapitalLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
270,000,000aon_CapitalLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_DomesticCountryMember
 
U.S. Federal [Member]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 18,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
25,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
 
U.S. State [Member]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 451,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
412,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
 
Other [Member]      
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 325,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= aon_OtherCountryMember
287,000,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= aon_OtherCountryMember
 
Capital loss carryforwards $ 223,000,000aon_CapitalLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= aon_OtherCountryMember
$ 86,000,000aon_CapitalLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= aon_OtherCountryMember