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Investment Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]      
Percentage of debt securities considered to be of investment-grade 97.00%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 35.00%hum_GeneralObligationBondsAsPercentageOfTaxExemptMunicipalSecuritiesThatWereNotPreRefunded    
Special revenue bonds as percentage of tax exempt municipal securities that were not pre-refunded 65.00%hum_SpecialRevenueBondsAsPercentageOfTaxExemptMunicipalSecuritiesThatWereNotPreRefunded    
Maximum percentage of any general obligation bonds in one state 9.00%hum_MaximumPercentageOfAnyGeneralObligationBondsInOneState    
Percentage of tax-exempt securities insured by bond insurers 16.00%hum_PercentageOfTaxExemptSecurities    
Percentage of corporate securities associated with financial services industry 22.00%hum_PercentageOfCorporateSecuritiesAssociatedWithFinancialServicesIndustry   21.00%hum_PercentageOfCorporateSecuritiesAssociatedWithFinancialServicesIndustry
Other-than-temporary impairments $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments $ 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments