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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading Focus Value Portfolio
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Goal
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Portfolio’s investment goal is long-term growth of capital.

Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The Portfolio’s annual operating expenses do not reflect the separate account fees charged in the variable annuity or variable life insurance policy (“Variable Contracts”), in which the Portfolio is offered. If the separate account’s fees were shown, the Portfolio’s annual operating expenses would be higher. Please see your Variable Contract prospectus for more details on the separate account fees.

Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 56% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 56.00%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Expense Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. The Example does not reflect charges imposed by the Variable Contract. If the Variable Contract fees were reflected, the expenses would be higher. See the Variable Contract prospectus for information on such charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions and the net expenses shown in the fee table, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies of the Portfolio
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Portfolio attempts to achieve its investment goal by investing in equity securities selected on the basis of value criteria, without regard to market capitalization.


The Portfolio offers you access to three different professional managers. The Portfolio utilizes a “focus” strategy, which means each manager actively invests in a small number of holdings which constitute some of its favorite stock-picking ideas at any given moment. A focus strategy reflects the belief that, over time, the performance of most investment managers’ “highest confidence” stocks exceeds that of their more diversified portfolios.


Each subadviser will generally invest in up to 10 securities, and the Portfolio will generally hold up to a total of 30 securities. Examples of when the Portfolio may hold more than the specified number of securities include, but are not limited to, re-balancing or purchase and sale transactions, including following the employment of a new subadviser to manage the Portfolio or a portion of the Portfolio. In this situation the new manager may be selling securities and buying new securities at the same time, resulting in the Portfolio holding more than its usual number of holdings. Each subadviser may invest in additional financial instruments for the purpose of cash management or to hedge a security position. The Portfolio is non-diversified.

Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks of Investing in the Portfolio
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

There can be no assurance that the Portfolio’s investment goal will be met or that the net return on an investment in the Portfolio will exceed what could have been obtained through other investment or savings vehicles. Shares of the Portfolio are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by any bank, government entity or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Portfolio will be able to achieve its investment goal. If the value of the assets of the Portfolio goes down, you could lose money.


The following is a summary description of the principal risks of investing in the Portfolio.


Securities Selection Risk. A strategy used by the Portfolio, or individual securities selected by the portfolio managers, may fail to produce the intended return.


Equity Securities Risk. The Portfolio invests principally in equity securities and is therefore subject to the risk that stock prices will fall and may underperform other asset classes. Individual stock prices fluctuate from day-to-day and may decline significantly. The prices of individual stocks may be negatively affected by poor company results or other factors affecting individual prices, as well as industry and/or economic trends and developments affecting industries or the securities market as a whole.


Non-Diversification Risk. The Portfolio is organized as a “non-diversified” portfolio and thus may invest a larger portion of its assets in the stock of a single issuer than a diversified fund, and can concentrate in a smaller number of issuers. A non-diversified portfolio’s risk is increased because the effect of the performance of each security on the Portfolio’s overall performance is greater.


Large-Capitalization Companies Risk. Large-cap companies tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. Large-cap companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Portfolio’s value may not rise as much as the value of portfolios that emphasize smaller companies.


Small- and Medium-Capitalization Companies Risk. Companies with smaller market capitalization (particularly under $1 billion depending on the market) tend to be at early stages of development with limited product lines, market access for products, financial resources, access to new capital, or depth in management. It may be difficult to obtain reliable information and financial data about these companies. Consequently, the securities of smaller companies may not be as readily marketable and may be subject to more abrupt or erratic market movements. Securities of medium sized companies are usually more volatile and entail greater risks than securities of large companies.


Hedging Risk. A hedge is an investment made in order to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a security, by taking an offsetting position in a related security (often a derivative, such as an option or a short sale). While hedging strategies can be very useful and inexpensive ways of reducing risk, they are sometimes ineffective due to unexpected changes in the market or exchange rates. Hedging also involves the risk that changes in the value of the related security will not match those of the instruments being hedged as expected, in which case any losses on the instruments being hedged may not be reduced. For gross currency hedges, there is an additional risk, to the extent that these transactions create exposure to currencies in which the Portfolio’s securities are not denominated. Moreover, while hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains.


Affiliated Fund Rebalancing Risk. The Portfolio may be an investment option for other mutual funds for which SAAMCo serves as investment adviser that are managed as “fund of funds.” From time to time, the Portfolio may experience relatively large redemptions or investments due to the rebalancing of a fund of funds. In the event of such redemptions or investments, the Portfolio could be required to sell securities or to invest cash at a time when it is not advantageous to do so.


Value Investing Risk. When investing in securities which are believed to be undervalued in the market, there is a risk that the market may not recognize a security’s intrinsic value for a long period of time, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced.


Market Risk. The Portfolio’s share price can fall because of weakness in the broad market, a particular industry, or specific holdings. The market as a whole can decline for many reasons, including adverse political or economic developments in the U.S. or abroad, changes in investor psychology, or heavy institutional selling. The prospects for a sector, an industry or an issuer may deteriorate because of a variety of factors, including disappointing earnings or changes in the competitive environment. In addition, a subadviser’s assessment of companies held in the Portfolio may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or poor performance even in a rising market. Finally, the Portfolio’s investment approach could fall out of favor with the investing public, resulting in lagging performance versus other comparable portfolios. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services.

Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Portfolio will be able to achieve its investment goal. If the value of the assets of the Portfolio goes down, you could lose money.
Risk Nondiversified Status [Text] rr_RiskNondiversifiedStatus The Portfolio is organized as a "non-diversified" portfolio and thus may invest a larger portion of its assets in the stock of a single issuer than a diversified fund, and can concentrate in a smaller number of issuers. A non-diversified portfolio's risk is increased because the effect of the performance of each security on the Portfolio's overall performance is greater.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution Shares of the Portfolio are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by any bank, government entity or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance Information
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The following Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table illustrate the risks of investing in shares of the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from calendar year to calendar year and comparing the Portfolio’s average annual returns to those of the Russell 3000® Value Index and Russell 1000® Value Index. Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar chart or table. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Of course, past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The following Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table illustrate the risks of investing in shares of the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio's performance from calendar year to calendar year and comparing the Portfolio's average annual returns to those of the Russell 3000 ® Value Index and Russell 1000 ® Value Index.
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Of course, past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading (Class 2 Shares)
Bar Chart Does Not Reflect Sales Loads [Text] rr_BarChartDoesNotReflectSalesLoads Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar chart or table. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

During the 10-year period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 20.75% (quarter ended June 30, 2003) and the lowest return for a quarter was -20.77% (quarter ended December 31, 2008). The year-to-date calendar return as of June 30, 2013 was 14.02%.

Year to Date Return, Label rr_YearToDateReturnLabel The year-to-date calendar return
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate Jun. 30, 2013
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn 14.02%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel highest return
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2003
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 20.75%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel lowest return
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (20.77%)
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock

No performance for Class 1 Shares is shown because there were no Class 1 Shares outstanding during the periods shown. Class 1 Shares would have had substantially similar annual returns because the shares are invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns would differ only to the extent that the share classes do not have the same expenses.

Caption rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2012)
Russell 3000® Value Index
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 17.55%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.83%
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 7.54%
Russell 1000® Value Index
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 17.51%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 0.59%
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 7.38%
CLASS 1
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.15%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.15%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 117
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 365
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 633
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,398
Class 2
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.15%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.14%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.29%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 131
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 409
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 708
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,556
Annual Return 2003 rr_AnnualReturn2003 41.89%
Annual Return 2004 rr_AnnualReturn2004 16.18%
Annual Return 2005 rr_AnnualReturn2005 7.23%
Annual Return 2006 rr_AnnualReturn2006 23.69%
Annual Return 2007 rr_AnnualReturn2007 6.94%
Annual Return 2008 rr_AnnualReturn2008 (36.95%)
Annual Return 2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 31.47%
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 14.83%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (13.65%)
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 15.53%
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 15.53%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 (1.03%)
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 8.30%
Class 3
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.15%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.40%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 143
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 443
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 766
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,680
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 15.48%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 (1.12%)
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 8.20%