DEBT AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Golden Gate II Captive Insurance Company	Jun. 30, 2014 Golden Gate V Vermont Captive Insurance Company	Jun. 30, 2014 Red Mountain	Oct. 10, 2012 Red Mountain	Jun. 30, 2014 Golden Gate III Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate III) item	Jun. 25, 2014 Golden Gate III Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate III)	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)	Jun. 30, 2014 Golden Gate IV Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate IV)	Dec. 10, 2010 Golden Gate IV Vermont Captive Insurance Company (Golden Gate IV)	Jun. 30, 2014 MONY Life Insurance Company	Oct. 10, 2012 Golden Gate V and Red Mountain	Jun. 30, 2014 Repurchase Program Borrowings	Dec. 31, 2013 Repurchase Program Borrowings	Jun. 30, 2014 Repurchase Program Borrowings Maximum	Jun. 30, 2014 Credit Facility	Jun. 30, 2014 Credit Facility Federal Funds Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Credit Facility Prime Rate	Jun. 30, 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																			345,000,000
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						400,000,000	275,000,000
Non-recourse funding obligations	579,078,000		562,448,000	176,552,000	400,000,000									2,526,000
Non-recourse funding obligations held by affiliates	398,400,000
Expected payments under support agreement obligation				0	0			0				0
Future scheduled capital contributions					144,300,000			122,500,000
Year-to-date weighted-average interest rate of non-recourse funding obligations (as a percent)				1.12%	6.25%									6.63%
Outstanding nonrecourse funding obligations repurchased at discount	18,300,000	16,100,000
Gain from repurchase of outstanding nonrecourse funding obligations	4,600,000	3,400,000
Maximum borrowing capacity under letter of credit									915,000,000	710,000,000	505,000,000	730,000,000	270,000,000
Maximum amount up to which LOC will be periodically increased								935,000,000	720,000,000		610,000,000	790,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit (LOC)								915,000,000
Letter of credit term								15 years				12 years
Number of installments in which future scheduled capital contributions payable								3
Fair value of securities pledged under the repurchase program																476,300,000
Repurchase program borrowings	420,490,000		350,000,000													420,500,000
Average borrowing rate (as a percent)																0.11%
Maximum balance outstanding																633,700,000	815,000,000
Average daily balance																510,200,000	496,900,000
Average borrowing rate (as a percent)																0.10%	0.11%
Outstanding balance																	$ 350,000,000
Term of debt																		90 days