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Variable Interest Entities (CLO Debt) (Details 7) (Consolidated investment entities [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Floating Rate Debt Instrument, Fair Value 846amp_FloatingRateDebtInstrumentFairValue $ 837amp_FloatingRateDebtInstrumentFairValue
Derivative liability 10us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities $ 10us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilities
Effective interest rate reflecting the impact of derivative contracts 3.20%amp_DebtInstrumentInterestRateImpactOfDerivativesEffectivePercentage 3.10%amp_DebtInstrumentInterestRateImpactOfDerivativesEffectivePercentage
Minimum [Member]
   
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Stated interest rate according to the terms of CDO structure 0.00%amp_StatedInterestRateOfLongTermDebtOfConsolidatedCDOsPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
 
Maximum [Member]
   
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]    
Stated interest rate according to the terms of CDO structure 9.23%amp_StatedInterestRateOfLongTermDebtOfConsolidatedCDOsPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember