Insurance Subsidiaries	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Insurance [Abstract]
Insurance Subsidiaries	Insurance Subsidiaries Restrictions on Dividends and Returns of Capital from Subsidiaries The Company's business is conducted through operating subsidiaries. U.S. insurance laws and regulations regulate the payment of dividends and other distributions by its U.S. insurance subsidiaries to their respective parents. Dividends in excess of prescribed limits established by the applicable state regulations are considered to be extraordinary transactions and require explicit regulatory approval. In addition, under the insurance laws applicable to the Company's insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Connecticut, Iowa and Minnesota (these insurance subsidiaries, together with the Company’s insurance subsidiary domiciled in Colorado are referred to collectively, as the Company’s "principal insurance subsidiaries"), no dividend or other distribution exceeding an amount equal to an insurance company’s earned surplus may be paid without the domiciliary insurance regulator’s prior approval. Security Life of Denver International, the Company's Arizona captive, may not declare or pay dividends other than in accordance with its annual capital and dividend plan as approved by the Arizona Department of Insurance, which includes a minimum capital requirement. The Company may receive dividends from or contribute capital to its wholly owned non-life insurance subsidiaries such as broker-dealers, investment management entities and intermediate holding companies. Insurance Subsidiaries - Dividends, Returns of Capital, and Capital Contributions On June 12, 2014, Voya Financial, Inc. made a capital contribution of $150.0 to its Arizona captive. On June 9, 2014, Voya Financial, Inc.'s principal insurance subsidiary domiciled in Colorado declared an ordinary dividend in the aggregate amount of $32.0, which was paid on June 24, 2014. On May 2, 2014, Voya Financial, Inc.’s principal insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Connecticut, Iowa and Minnesota declared ordinary dividends in the aggregate amount of $690.0, which were paid on May 19, 2014. In March and April 2013, in response to requests made in 2013, Voya Financial, Inc.'s insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa and Minnesota received approvals or notices of non-objection, as the case may be, from their respective domiciliary insurance regulators to make extraordinary distributions to Voya Financial, Inc. or Voya Holdings Inc. ("Voya Holdings"), formerly Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc., in the aggregate amount of $1.434 billion, upon completion of the IPO and the use of the extraordinary distribution funds solely for Company operations. The approved distributions of $1.434 billion were made on May 8, 2013. On May 8, 2013, insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota each reset, on a one-time basis, their respective negative unassigned funds account as of December 31, 2012 (as reported in their respective 2012 statutory annual statements) to zero (with an offsetting reduction in gross paid-in capital and contributed surplus). These resets were made pursuant to permitted practices in accordance with statutory accounting practices granted by their respective domiciliary insurance regulators. These permitted practices have no impact on total capital and surplus of these insurance subsidiaries.

Insurance Subsidiaries

Restrictions on Dividends and Returns of Capital from Subsidiaries

The Company's business is conducted through operating subsidiaries. U.S. insurance laws and regulations regulate the payment of dividends and other distributions by its U.S. insurance subsidiaries to their respective parents. Dividends in excess of prescribed limits established by the applicable state regulations are considered to be extraordinary transactions and require explicit regulatory approval. In addition, under the insurance laws applicable to the Company's insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Connecticut, Iowa and Minnesota (these insurance subsidiaries, together with the Company’s insurance subsidiary domiciled in Colorado are referred to collectively, as the Company’s "principal insurance subsidiaries"), no dividend or other distribution exceeding an amount equal to an insurance company’s earned surplus may be paid without the domiciliary insurance regulator’s prior approval.

Security Life of Denver International, the Company's Arizona captive, may not declare or pay dividends other than in accordance with its annual capital and dividend plan as approved by the Arizona Department of Insurance, which includes a minimum capital requirement.

The Company may receive dividends from or contribute capital to its wholly owned non-life insurance subsidiaries such as broker-dealers, investment management entities and intermediate holding companies.

Insurance Subsidiaries - Dividends, Returns of Capital, and Capital Contributions

On June 12, 2014, Voya Financial, Inc. made a capital contribution of $150.0 to its Arizona captive.

On June 9, 2014, Voya Financial, Inc.'s principal insurance subsidiary domiciled in Colorado declared an ordinary dividend in the aggregate amount of $32.0, which was paid on June 24, 2014. On May 2, 2014, Voya Financial, Inc.’s principal insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Connecticut, Iowa and Minnesota declared ordinary dividends in the aggregate amount of $690.0, which were paid on May 19, 2014.

In March and April 2013, in response to requests made in 2013, Voya Financial, Inc.'s insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa and Minnesota received approvals or notices of non-objection, as the case may be, from their respective domiciliary insurance regulators to make extraordinary distributions to Voya Financial, Inc. or Voya Holdings Inc. ("Voya Holdings"), formerly Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc., in the aggregate amount of $1.434 billion, upon completion of the IPO and the use of the extraordinary distribution funds solely for Company operations. The approved distributions of $1.434 billion were made on May 8, 2013.

On May 8, 2013, insurance subsidiaries domiciled in Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota each reset, on a one-time basis, their respective negative unassigned funds account as of December 31, 2012 (as reported in their respective 2012 statutory annual statements) to zero (with an offsetting reduction in gross paid-in capital and contributed surplus). These resets were made pursuant to permitted practices in accordance with statutory accounting practices granted by their respective domiciliary insurance regulators. These permitted practices have no impact on total capital and surplus of these insurance subsidiaries.