Financial Guaranty Insurance - Reconciliation of Net Expected Loss to be Paid and Expensed (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Sep. 30, 2016		Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015		Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Net expected loss to be paid after recoveries for R&W		$ (1,090)	[1]	$ (1,326)	$ (1,391)	[1]	$ (1,307)	$ (1,510)	$ (1,169)
Contra-paid, net	[2],[3]	38			6
Loss and LAE reserve - financial guaranty insurance contracts, net of reinsurance	[4]	(1,004)			(998)
Other recoveries		5			3
Net expected loss to be expensed		449
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Net expected loss to be expensed		70
Financial Guarantee Insurance And Other Product Line [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Net expected loss to be paid after recoveries for R&W	[5]	977
Contra-paid, net		38
Salvage and subrogation recoverable, net of reinsurance		432
Loss and LAE reserve - financial guaranty insurance contracts, net of reinsurance		(1,003)
Other recoveries		5
Net expected loss to be expensed	[6]	449
Financial Guarantee Insurance And Other Product Line [Member] | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Loss and LAE reserve - financial guaranty insurance contracts, net of reinsurance		$ 66			$ 74

[1] Includes expected LAE to be paid of $12 million as of September 30, 2016 and $12 million as of December 31, 2015.

[2] Excludes $93 million and $110 million of deferred premium revenue, and $28 million and $30 million of contra-paid related to FG VIEs as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

[3] See "Financial Guaranty Insurance Losses– Insurance Contracts' Loss Information" below for an explanation of "contra-paid".

[4] See “Components of Net Reserves (Salvage)” table for loss and LAE reserve and salvage and subrogation recoverable components.

[5] See "Net Expected Loss to be Paid (Recovered) by Accounting Model" table in Note 5, Expected Loss to be Paid.

[6] Excludes $70 million as of September 30, 2016, related to consolidated FG VIEs.