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Interest Expenses

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Investment Gains Losses Included In Net Income

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Investment Gains Losses Included In Revenue And Income Loss Before Income Tax And Noncontrolling Interests

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Amount of income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to the parent. Also defined as revenue less expenses and taxes from ongoing operations before extraordinary items but after deduction of those portions of income or loss from continuing operations that are allocable to noncontrolling interests.

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Amount of income (loss) from a disposal group, net of income tax, reported as a separate component of income before extraordinary items after deduction or consideration of the amount allocable to noncontrolling interests. Includes, net of tax, income (loss) from operations during the phase-out period, gain (loss) on disposal, provision (or any reversals of earlier provisions) for loss on disposal, and adjustments of a prior period gain (loss) on disposal.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Business Segments - Consolidated Revenues and Income (Loss) by Business Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 3,521us-gaap_Revenues	$ 3,523us-gaap_Revenues	$ 3,593us-gaap_Revenues	$ 3,688us-gaap_Revenues	$ 3,782us-gaap_Revenues	$ 3,597us-gaap_Revenues	$ 3,616us-gaap_Revenues	$ 3,618us-gaap_Revenues	$ 14,325us-gaap_Revenues	$ 14,613us-gaap_Revenues	$ 14,072us-gaap_Revenues
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									1,810	2,277	2,022
Income from continuing operations	215	179	303	265	248	318	261	322	962	1,149	968
Discontinued operations, net	(7)	29	(187)	(206)	(446)	(36)	8	(80)	(371)	(554)	(400)
Net income (loss)	208us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	208us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	116us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	59us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	(198)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	282us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	269us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	242us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	591us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	595us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	568us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Investment gains included in Revenues and Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									54	16	48
Investment gains included in net income (loss)									32	10	28
Income Taxes									457us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	656us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	513us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Interest Expense									498us-gaap_InterestExpense	425us-gaap_InterestExpense	426us-gaap_InterestExpense
CNA Financial [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									9,692	9,932	9,364
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									1,215	1,283	867
Net income (loss)									802	827	563
Investment gains included in Revenues and Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									54	16	51
Investment gains included in net income (loss)									32	10	30
Income Taxes									322	363	242
Interest Expense									183	166	170
CNA Financial [Member] \| Other Non-Core [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									1,328	1,291	1,261
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									(331)	(501)	(345)
Net income (loss)									(123)	(230)	(154)
Investment gains included in Revenues and Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									24	31	(8)
Investment gains included in net income (loss)									15	18	(5)
Income Taxes									(195)	(245)	(174)
Interest Expense									182	165	169
CNA Financial [Member] \| Property and Casualty [Member] \| Specialty [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									3,708	3,676	3,522
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									967	1,005	715
Net income (loss)									578	598	425
Investment gains included in Revenues and Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									15	(5)	18
Investment gains included in net income (loss)									9	(2)	10
Income Taxes									324	340	243
CNA Financial [Member] \| Property and Casualty [Member] \| Commercial [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									3,683	3,984	3,869
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									477	662	399
Net income (loss)									285	394	241
Investment gains included in Revenues and Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									16	(15)	34
Investment gains included in net income (loss)									9	(9)	20
Income Taxes									159	223	131
CNA Financial [Member] \| Property and Casualty [Member] \| International [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									973	981	712
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									102	117	98
Net income (loss)									62	65	51
Investment gains included in Revenues and Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									(1)	5	7
Investment gains included in net income (loss)									(1)	3	5
Income Taxes									34	45	42
Interest Expense									1	1	1
Diamond Offshore [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									2,825	2,926	3,072
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									514	774	917
Net income (loss)									183	257	337
Income Taxes									142	245	223
Interest Expense									62	25	46
Boardwalk Pipeline [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									1,236	1,232	1,187
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									140	241	304
Net income (loss)									18	78	111
Income Taxes									11	56	70
Interest Expense									165	163	166
Loews Hotels [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									475	380	397
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									21	(4)	14
Net income (loss)									11	(3)	7
Income Taxes									10	(1)	7
Interest Expense									14	9	11
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									97	143	52
Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests									(80)	(17)	(80)
Net income (loss)									(52)	(10)	(50)
Investment gains included in Revenues and Income (loss) before income tax and noncontrolling interests											(3)
Investment gains included in net income (loss)											(2)
Income Taxes									(28)	(7)	(29)
Interest Expense									74	62	40
Interest Expense									$ 74	$ 62	$ 33