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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Details Of The Reclassification From AOCI) (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange $ 30mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange $ (55)mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
Income (loss) before income taxes 113us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 404us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 44us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 148us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income (loss) 69us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 256us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Amounts reclassified from AOCI [Member]    
Net income (loss) (4)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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(5)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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Unrealized gains (losses) on AFS, net [Member] | Amounts reclassified from AOCI [Member]    
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange (4)mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
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(1)mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
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Net investment income (3)us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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(1)us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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Income (loss) before income taxes (7)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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(2)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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Provision (benefit) for income taxes (3)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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(1)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Net income (loss) (4)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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(1)us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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Foreign currency translation, net [Member] | Amounts reclassified from AOCI [Member]    
Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair value and foreign exchange $ 0mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
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$ (4)mbi_NetGainsLossesOnFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueAndForeignExchange
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