DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Golden Gate II Captive Insurance Company	Mar. 31, 2014 Golden Gate V Vermont Captive Insurance Company	Mar. 31, 2014 Red Mountain	Oct. 10, 2012 Red Mountain	Mar. 31, 2014 Golden Gate III Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate III) item	Aug. 07, 2013 Golden Gate III Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate III)	Apr. 23, 2010 Golden Gate III Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate III)	Mar. 31, 2014 Golden Gate IV Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate IV)	Dec. 10, 2010 Golden Gate IV Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate IV)	Mar. 31, 2014 MONY Life Insurance Company	Oct. 10, 2012 Golden Gate V and Red Mountain	Mar. 31, 2014 Repurchase Program Borrowings	Dec. 31, 2013 Repurchase Program Borrowings	Mar. 31, 2014 Repurchase Program Borrowings Maximum	Mar. 31, 2014 Credit Facility	Mar. 31, 2014 Credit Facility Federal Funds Rate	Mar. 31, 2014 Credit Facility Prime Rate	Mar. 31, 2014 Credit Facility LIBOR One-Month Rate
Debt and other obligations
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity																		$ 750,000,000
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity to be granted upon entity's request																		1,000,000,000
Base of floating rate interest rate payments																		LIBOR	Federal Funds rate	Prime rate	one-month LIBOR
Interest rate added to the base rate (as a percent)																		1.20%	0.50%		1.00%
Line of credit, amount outstanding																		410,000,000
Outstanding non-recourse funding obligations of Golden Gate II Captive Insurance Company				575,000,000
Term of transaction														20 years
Maximum financing capacity under transaction					945,000,000		945,000,000							945,000,000
Principal amount of note issued						385,000,000	275,000,000
Non-recourse funding obligations		582,437,000	562,448,000	194,900,000	385,000,000								2,537,000
Non-recourse funding obligations held by affiliates		380,100,000
Expected payments under support agreement obligation				0	0			0			0
Future scheduled capital contributions					144,300,000			102,500,000
Year-to-date weighted-average interest rate of non-recourse funding obligations (as a percent)				1.11%	6.25%								6.63%
Outstanding nonrecourse funding obligations repurchased at discount	5,000,000
Gain from repurchase of outstanding nonrecourse funding obligations	1,300,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under letter of credit									710,000,000	505,000,000	715,000,000	270,000,000
Maximum amount up to which LOC will be periodically increased								720,000,000		610,000,000	790,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit (LOC)								715,000,000
Letter of credit term								13 years 6 months			12 years
Number of installments in which future scheduled capital contributions payable								2
Fair value of securities pledged under the repurchase program															522,200,000
Repurchase program borrowings		475,000,000	350,000,000												475,000,000
Average borrowing rate (as a percent)															0.09%
Maximum balance outstanding															613,300,000	815,000,000
Average daily balance															477,200,000	496,900,000
Average borrowing rate (as a percent)															0.10%	0.11%
Outstanding balance																$ 350,000,000
Term of debt																	90 days