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Variable Interest Entities (Debt Outstanding) (Details 7) (Consolidated investment entities [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt and stated interest rates    
Long-term debt 6,867us-gaap_LongTermDebt $ 5,736us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Floating Rate Debt Instrument, Fair Value 837amp_FloatingRateDebtInstrumentFairValue 932amp_FloatingRateDebtInstrumentFairValue
Fair value of derivative instruments 10us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities 5us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
Effective interest rate reflecting the impact of derivative contracts 3.10%amp_DebtInstrumentInterestRateImpactOfDerivativesEffectivePercentage 4.20%amp_DebtInstrumentInterestRateImpactOfDerivativesEffectivePercentage
Maximum [Member]
   
Debt and stated interest rates    
Stated interest rate according to terms of CDO structure 9.20%amp_StatedInterestRateOfLongTermDebtOfConsolidatedCDOsPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
 
Minimum [Member]
   
Debt and stated interest rates    
Stated interest rate according to terms of CDO structure 0.00%amp_StatedInterestRateOfLongTermDebtOfConsolidatedCDOsPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
 
CLO [Member]    
Debt and stated interest rates    
Long-term debt 6,030us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_CLOMember
4,804us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_CLOMember
Weighted Average Interest Rate (as a percent) 1.30%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_CLOMember
1.00%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_CLOMember
Property Fund [Member]    
Debt and stated interest rates    
Long-term debt 837us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_PropertyFundMember
$ 932us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_PropertyFundMember
Weighted Average Interest Rate (as a percent) 2.70%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_PropertyFundMember
3.20%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ amp_VariableInterestEntityTypeAxis
= amp_PropertyFundMember