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Investment Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]      
Percentage of debt securities considered to be of investment-grade 96.00%hum_PercentageOfTotalDebtSecurities    
Percentage of tax-exempt municipal securities classified as pre-refunded 7.00%hum_PercentageOfTaxExemptToMunicipalSecuritiesClassifiedAsPreRefunded    
General obligation bonds as percentage of tax-exempt municipal securities that were not pre-refunded 36.00%hum_GeneralObligationBondsAsPercentageOfTaxExemptMunicipalSecuritiesThatWereNotPreRefunded    
Special revenue bonds as percentage of tax exempt municipal securities that were not pre-refunded 64.00%hum_SpecialRevenueBondsAsPercentageOfTaxExemptMunicipalSecuritiesThatWereNotPreRefunded    
Maximum percentage of any general obligation bonds in one state 11.00%hum_MaximumPercentageOfAnyGeneralObligationBondsInOneState    
Percentage of tax-exempt securities insured by bond insurers 16.00%hum_PercentageOfTaxExemptSecurities    
Residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, percentage of collateral consisting of prime loans 99.00%hum_PercentageOfCollateralRelatedToPrimeLoan    
Percentage of corporate securities associated with financial services industry 21.00%hum_PercentageOfCorporateSecuritiesAssociatedWithFinancialServicesIndustry 23.00%hum_PercentageOfCorporateSecuritiesAssociatedWithFinancialServicesIndustry  
Other-than-temporary impairments $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments