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Equity Level 4 Preferred Stock & SE Warrants (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Mar. 23, 2010
Mar. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Oct. 17, 2008
Mar. 31, 2013
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Depository shares, issued 23,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued            
Interest in mandatory convertible preferred stock series F represented by each depositary share 1/40th            
Sale of depository shares price per share $ 25hig_SaleofDepositorySharesPricePerShare            
Net proceeds from issuance of depository shares $ 556,000,000hig_NetProceedsFromIssuanceOfDepositoryShares            
Exercise price of warrant     $ 9.388us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1 $ 9.504us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1 $ 9.599us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1    
Warrants Issued to Allianz [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Exercise price of warrant   $ 25.23us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= hig_WarrantsIssuedToAllianzMember
         
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights   69,351,806us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= hig_WarrantsIssuedToAllianzMember
         
Reclassification of Warrants from Equity to Other Liabilities   $ 300hig_ReclassificationOfWarrantsFromEquityToOtherLiabilities
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= hig_WarrantsIssuedToAllianzMember
         
Note Warrant [Member] | Warrants For Series B And C Before Anti Dilution Provision Trigger [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Exercise price of warrant           $ 25.32us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
/ us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightAxis
= hig_WarrantsForSeriesBAndCBeforeAntiDilutionProvisionTriggerMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_NoteWarrantMember
 
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights           69,115,324us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
/ us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightAxis
= hig_WarrantsForSeriesBAndCBeforeAntiDilutionProvisionTriggerMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_NoteWarrantMember
 
Series F Preferred Stock [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Cumulative dividend on mandatory convertible preferred stock 7.25%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesFPreferredStockMember
           
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share $ 1,000us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesFPreferredStockMember
           
Convertible preferred stock shares, Series F, reserved for future issuance             21,200,000us-gaap_ConvertiblePreferredStockSharesIssuedUponConversion
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= us-gaap_SeriesFPreferredStockMember