Business and Basis of Presentation (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011 Entities RatingCategories Y Statements Securities Policies D Companies Agreements Markets Subsidiaries Transactions FiscalQuarters Counterparties
Business and Basis of Presentation
Financial guaranty contracts accounted for as credit derivatives, minimum number of credit events triggering obligations	1
Financial guaranty contracts accounted for as credit derivatives, minimum number of third party referenced securities or loans	1
Number of UK insurance subsidiaries	2
Number of holding companies having public debt outstanding	2
Number of separate but consecutive statements	2
Number of business segments prior to January 2011	2
Minimum potential ratings categories decrease under proposed Standard and Poor's criteria changes	1
Period of no market for financial guaranty reinsurance (in years)	2
Number of markets for financial guaranty reinsurance that are not expected to develop in the foreseeable future	1