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Shareholders' Equity - Redomestication Narrative (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
1 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Equity [Abstract]      
Treasury stock shares cancelled (in shares) 60us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesRetired    
Impact of cancellation of treasury shares on ordinary shares $ 60,000,000aon_AdjustmentsToCommonStockOnCancellationOfTreasuryShares    
Impact of cancellation of treasury shares on Retained earnings 2,400,000,000aon_AdjustmentsToRetainedEarningsOnCancellationOfTreasuryShares    
Cost of treasury stock shares eliminated 2,500,000,000aon_TreasuryStockSharesEliminatedCost    
Common stock, par value before redomestication (in dollars per share) $ 1.00aon_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerSharePriorToRedomestication    
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Impact of redomestication in ordinary shares 323,000,000aon_AdjustmentsToCommonStockOnRedomestication    
Impact of redomestication on additional paid-in-capital 323,000,000aon_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalOnRedomestication    
Distributable reserves available amount   $ 4,000,000,000aon_DistributableReservesAvailableAmount $ 5,900,000,000aon_DistributableReservesAvailableAmount