DERIVATIVES AND HEDGE ACCOUNTING (Details - Fair values of derivative assets and liabilities) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Notional amounts and fair values of AIG's derivative instruments
Derivative Assets, Notional Amount	$ 94,695,000,000	$ 114,494,000,000
Derivative Assets, Fair Value	4,119,000,000	4,326,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Notional Amount	113,226,000,000	92,063,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Fair Value	6,942,000,000	6,214,000,000
Derivative assets, Counterparty netting	(1,680,000,000)	(1,734,000,000)
Derivative assets, Cash collateral	(838,000,000)	(820,000,000)
Total derivative assets, net	1,601,000,000	1,772,000,000
Derivative liabilities, Counterparty netting	(1,680,000,000)	(1,734,000,000)
Derivative liabilities, Cash collateral	(1,375,000,000)	(1,484,000,000)
Total derivative liabilities, net	3,887,000,000	2,996,000,000
Less: Bifurcated embedded derivatives assets, fair value	0	107,000,000
Less: Bifurcated embedded derivative liabilities, fair value	848,000,000	485,000,000
Total derivative assets on consolidated balance sheet	1,601,000,000	1,665,000,000
Total derivative liabilities on consolidated balance sheet	3,039,000,000	2,511,000,000
Collateral
Collateral posted to third parties for derivative transactions	3,000,000,000	3,200,000,000
Collateral obtained from third parties for derivative transactions	1,100,000,000	1,000,000,000
Non-Global Capital Markets | Global Capital Markets (GCM) derivatives
Notional amounts and fair values of AIG's derivative instruments
Derivative Assets, Notional Amount	38,080,000,000	60,021,000,000
Derivative Assets, Fair Value	633,000,000	795,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Notional Amount	41,320,000,000	15,668,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Fair Value	1,593,000,000	1,202,000,000
Other Operations | Global Capital Markets (GCM) derivatives
Notional amounts and fair values of AIG's derivative instruments
Derivative Assets, Notional Amount	56,615,000,000	54,473,000,000
Derivative Assets, Fair Value	3,486,000,000	3,531,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Notional Amount	71,906,000,000	76,395,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Fair Value	5,349,000,000	5,012,000,000
Other Operations | AIG Financial Products
Notional amounts and fair values of AIG's derivative instruments
Derivative Assets, Notional Amount	41,629,000,000	41,942,000,000
Derivative Assets, Fair Value	2,470,000,000	2,567,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Notional Amount	52,643,000,000	52,679,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Fair Value	3,850,000,000	3,506,000,000
Other Operations | AIG Markets
Notional amounts and fair values of AIG's derivative instruments
Derivative Assets, Notional Amount	14,986,000,000	12,531,000,000
Derivative Assets, Fair Value	1,016,000,000	964,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Notional Amount	19,263,000,000	23,716,000,000
Derivative Liabilities, Fair Value	$ 1,499,000,000	$ 1,506,000,000