Insurance Company Regulatory Requirements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Insurance Company Regulatory Requirements [abstract]

Schedule of Dividends Paid by Insurance Company Subsidiaries

Dividends and Surplus Notes

By Insurance Company Subsidiaries

	Third Quarter					Nine Months
	2013			2012		2013			2012
	(in millions)
Dividends paid by AGC to AGUS	$	25		$	—	$	42		$	55
Dividends paid by AGM to AGMH	60			—		98			30
Dividends paid by AG Re to AGL	22			41		122			111
Repayment of surplus note by AGM to AGMH	25			—		50			50
Issuance of surplus notes by MAC to AGM and MAC Holdings	(400		)	—		(400		)	—