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Investments (Schedule Of Fixed Maturities By Contractual Maturity) (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]    
Available for sale, Due in 1 year or less, Amortized Cost $ 2,021us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost $ 2,187us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
Available for sale, Due after 1 year through 5 years, Amortized Cost 16,209us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost 15,444us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
Available for sale, Due after 5 years though 10 years, Amortized Cost 15,047us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost 15,663us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
Available for sale, Due after 10 years, Amortized Cost 4,648us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost 4,521us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
Available for sale, Subtotal, Amortized Cost 37,925ace_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesAmortizedCost 37,815ace_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesAmortizedCost
Available for sale, Mortgage-backed securities, Amortized Cost 10,459us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateAmortizedCost 10,011us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateAmortizedCost
Available for sale, Amortized Cost 48,384us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis 47,826us-gaap_AvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAmortizedCostBasis
Available for sale, Fair Value 50,410us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities 49,395us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities
Held to maturity, Due in 1 year or less, Amortized Cost 318us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount 353us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount
Held to maturity, Due after 1 year through 5 years, Amortized Cost 2,594us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount 2,603us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held to maturity, Due after 5 years through 10 years, Amortized Cost 1,214us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount 1,439us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held to maturity, Due after 10 years, Amortized Cost 949us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount 953us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held to maturity, Subtotal, Amortized Cost 5,075ace_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesAmortizedCost 5,348ace_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesAmortizedCost
Held to maturity, Mortgage backed securities, Amortized Cost 1,907us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateNetCarryingAmount 1,983us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateNetCarryingAmount
Available for sale, Due in 1 year or less, Fair Value 2,042us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue 2,206us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
Available for sale, Due after 1 year through 5 years, Fair Value 16,735us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue 15,857us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
Available for sale, Due after 5 years through 10 years, Fair Value 15,649us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue 16,089us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
Available for sale, Due after 10 years, Fair Value 5,176us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue 4,957us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
Available for sale, Subtotal, Fair Value 39,602ace_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesFairValue 39,109ace_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesFairValue
Available for sale, Mortgage backed securities, Fair Value 10,808us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateFairValue 10,286us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateFairValue
Held to maturity, Due in 1 year or less, Fair Value 321us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue 355us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
Held to maturity, Due after 1 year through 5, Fair Value 2,706us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue 2,693us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
Held to maturity, Due after 5 years through 10 years, Fair Value 1,270us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue 1,489us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
Held to maturity, Due after 10 years, Fair Value 1,027us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue 1,013us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
Held to maturity, Subtotal, Fair Value 5,324ace_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesFairValue 5,550ace_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesExcludingMortgageBackedSecuritiesFairValue
Held to maturity, Mortgage backed securities, Fair Value 1,983us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateFairValue 2,039us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateFairValue
Held-to-maturity Securities 6,982us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities 7,331us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecurities
Held to maturity, Fair Value $ 7,307us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue $ 7,589us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesFairValue