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Outstanding Exposure - Amortization Schedule of Puerto Rico BIG Net Par Outstanding and BIG Net Debt Service Outstanding (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) $ 403,729ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet [1] $ 459,107ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet [2]
Estimated BIG Net Debt Service Amortization [Abstract]    
Total 609,622ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsInsuredContractualPaymentsOutstandingNet 690,535ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsInsuredContractualPaymentsOutstandingNet
Puerto Rico [Member]    
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) 4,939ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
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= country_PR
BIG [Member]    
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) 18,247ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember		 22,538ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
BIG [Member] | Puerto Rico [Member]    
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
2015 331ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearOne
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2016 267ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwo
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2017 207ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearThree
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2018 157ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearFour
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2019 187ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2020 255ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSix
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2021 109ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSeven
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2022 109ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearEight
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2023 142ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearNine
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2024 160ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2025-2029 916ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearEleventoFifteen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2030-2034 827ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSixteentoTwenty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2035-2039 667ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwentyOnetoTwentyFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2040-2044 90ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwentySixtoThirty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2045-2047 246ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountThereafter
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) 4,670ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Estimated BIG Net Debt Service Amortization [Abstract]    
2015 568ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearOne
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2016 486ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwo
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2017 415ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearThree
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2018 353ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearFour
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2019 375ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2020 434ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSix
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2021 275ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSeven
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2022 269ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearEight
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2023 297ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearNine
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2024 310ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2025-2029 1,517ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearEleventoFifteen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2030-2034 1,237ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSixteentoTwenty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2035-2039 830ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwentyOnetoTwentyFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2040-2044 160ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwentySixtoThirty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2045-2047 271ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsThereafter
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Total 7,797ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsInsuredContractualPaymentsOutstandingNet
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Subject to the Terms of the Recovery Act [Member] | Puerto Rico [Member]    
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) 2,447ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		 2,647ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR
Subject to the Terms of the Recovery Act [Member] | BIG [Member] | Puerto Rico [Member]    
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
2015 126ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearOne
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2016 84ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwo
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2017 41ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearThree
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2018 48ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearFour
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2019 61ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2020 73ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSix
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2021 51ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSeven
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2022 42ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearEight
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2023 102ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearNine
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2024 82ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2025-2029 576ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearEleventoFifteen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2030-2034 440ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSixteentoTwenty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2035-2039 397ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwentyOnetoTwentyFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2040-2044 78ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwentySixtoThirty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2045-2047 246ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountThereafter
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) 2,447ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Estimated BIG Net Debt Service Amortization [Abstract]    
2015 249ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearOne
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2016 199ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwo
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2017 153ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearThree
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2018 158ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearFour
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2019 168ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2020 176ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSix
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2021 151ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSeven
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2022 140ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearEight
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2023 198ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearNine
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2024 174ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2025-2029 951ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearEleventoFifteen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2030-2034 696ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSixteentoTwenty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2035-2039 526ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwentyOnetoTwentyFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2040-2044 147ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwentySixtoThirty
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2045-2047 271ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsThereafter
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Total 4,357ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsInsuredContractualPaymentsOutstandingNet
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_SubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
Not Subject to the Terms of the Recovery Act [Member] | Puerto Rico [Member]    
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) 2,492ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		 2,794ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR
Not Subject to the Terms of the Recovery Act [Member] | BIG [Member] | Puerto Rico [Member]    
Estimated BIG Net Par Amortization [Abstract]    
2015 205ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearOne
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2016 183ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwo
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2017 166ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearThree
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2018 109ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearFour
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2019 126ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearFive
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2020 182ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSix
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2021 58ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSeven
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2022 67ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearEight
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2023 40ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearNine
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2024 78ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2025-2029 340ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearEleventoFifteen
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
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2030-2034 387ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearSixteentoTwenty
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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2035-2039 270ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwentyOnetoTwentyFive
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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2040-2044 12ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountYearTwentySixtoThirty
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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2045-2047 0ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingPrincipalAmountThereafter
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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Net Par Outstanding (excluding loss mitigation bonds) 2,223ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsOutstandingPrincipalAmountNet
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Estimated BIG Net Debt Service Amortization [Abstract]    
2015 319ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearOne
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= country_PR		  
2016 287ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwo
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
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= country_PR		  
2017 262ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearThree
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
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= country_PR		  
2018 195ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearFour
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
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= country_PR		  
2019 207ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearFive
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= country_PR		  
2020 258ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSix
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2021 124ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSeven
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
/ us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis
= country_PR		  
2022 129ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearEight
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
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2023 99ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearNine
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= country_PR		  
2024 136ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTen
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= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
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= country_PR		  
2025-2029 566ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearEleventoFifteen
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= country_PR		  
2030-2034 541ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearSixteentoTwenty
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
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= country_PR		  
2035-2039 304ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwentyOnetoTwentyFive
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfInsuredFinancialObligationsWithCreditDeteriorationBySurveillanceCategoryAxis
= ago_NotSubjecttotheTermsoftheRecoveryActMember
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= country_PR		  
2040-2044 13ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsYearTwentySixtoThirty
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= ago_InternalNoninvestmentGradeMember
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2045-2047 0ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsMaturitiesofOutstandingContractualPaymentsThereafter
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Total $ 3,440ago_InsuredFinancialObligationsInsuredContractualPaymentsOutstandingNet
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[1] Excludes $1.3 billion of loss mitigation securities insured and held by the Company as of December 31, 2014, which are primarily in the BIG category.
[2] Excludes $1.2 billion of loss mitigation securities insured and held by the Company as of December 31, 2013, which are primarily in the BIG category.