Transactions with Affiliates of Fortress or AIG (Details) (USD $)					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Aug. 31, 2012 AIGFP Swap item	Jul. 31, 2012 AIGFP Swap item	Dec. 31, 2012 Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Nationstar item	Dec. 31, 2012 Nationstar MorEquity	Dec. 31, 2011 Nationstar MorEquity	Dec. 31, 2012 Affiliates of Fortress and affiliates of AIG Secured term loan	Dec. 31, 2011 Affiliates of Fortress and affiliates of AIG Secured term loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Logan Circle Partners, L.P.	Dec. 31, 2011 AIG	Dec. 31, 2012 Subsidiaries of AIG Merit	Dec. 31, 2011 Subsidiaries of AIG Merit	Aug. 31, 2012 SLFI AIGFP	Dec. 31, 2012 SLFI AIGFP	Jul. 31, 2012 SLFI AIGFP
Transactions with Affiliates of Fortress or AIG
Face amount					$ 3,750,000,000
Term of loan					6 years
Amount of lending positions owned or managed in the syndicate of lenders									85,000,000	105,500,000
Number of subsidiaries of which centralized real estate loans were subserved by affiliate						2
Subservicing fees							9,843,000	9,910,000
Refinancing concessions							4,420,000	6,556,000
Costs and fees incurred for the investment management services											800,000
Pension Plan assets included in the AIG Retirement Plan												59,900,000
Reserves for reinsurance agreements	67,259,000	78,948,000											46,800,000	49,700,000
Amount of cash collateral held with related party																40,000,000	60,000,000
Number of positions				2
Number of positions terminated			1
Reduction in cash collateral															$ 20,000,000