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INCOME TAXES (Details - Income (loss) from continuing operations and income tax expense (benefit)) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit)      
U.S. $ 8,250us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ 8,058us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ (948)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Foreign 2,251us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 1,310us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 3,839us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Income from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit) 10,501us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 9,368us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 2,891us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Foreign:      
Current 473us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 549us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 484us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred 154us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (442)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (275)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
U.S.:      
Current 115us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 131us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 278us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred 2,185us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 122us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (1,295)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income tax expense (benefit) 2,927us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 360us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (808)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Reconciliation between actual income tax (benefit) expense and statutory U.S. federal amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate, pre-tax income (loss)      
Consolidated total amounts 10,524aig_IncomeLossFromContinuingAndDiscontinuedOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 9,518aig_IncomeLossFromContinuingAndDiscontinuedOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 2,891aig_IncomeLossFromContinuingAndDiscontinuedOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Loss from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit) and equity in earnings of subsidiaries 10,501us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 9,368us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 2,891us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Reconciliation between actual income tax (benefit) expense and statutory U.S. federal amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate, tax expense/benefit      
U.S. federal income tax at statutory rate 3,683us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 3,331us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 1,012us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Consolidated total amounts 3,000aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsDiscontinuedOperationsAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 426aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsDiscontinuedOperationsAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate (808)aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsDiscontinuedOperationsAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Income tax expense (benefit) 2,927us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 360us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (808)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Adjustments:      
Tax exempt interest (236)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (298)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (302)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxExemptIncome
Investment in subsidiaries and partnerships 0aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationInvestmentInSubsidiariesAndPartnerships 0aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationInvestmentInSubsidiariesAndPartnerships (26)aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationInvestmentInSubsidiariesAndPartnerships
Uncertain tax positions (81)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies 632us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies 446us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingencies
Dividends received deduction (62)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsDividends (75)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsDividends (58)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationDeductionsDividends
Effect of foreign operations (68)aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationEffectOfForeignOperations (5)aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationEffectOfForeignOperations 171aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationEffectOfForeignOperations
State income taxes 39us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (21)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (48)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Other (159)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 13us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (96)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effect of discontinued operations 65aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationEffectOfDiscontinuedOperations 14aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationEffectOfDiscontinuedOperations 0aig_IncomeTaxReconciliationEffectOfDiscontinuedOperations
Valuation allowance      
Continuing operations (181)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (3,165)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,907)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Decrease in certain other valuation allowances associated with foreign jurisdictions $ 0aig_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmountRelatedToForeignJurisdictions    
Reconciliation between actual income tax (benefit) expense and statutory U.S. federal amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate, percentage of pre-tax income (loss)      
U.S. federal income tax at statutory rate (as a percent) 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Consolidated total amounts (as a percent) 28.50%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsDiscontinuedOperationsAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 4.50%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsDiscontinuedOperationsAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate (27.90%)aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperationsDiscontinuedOperationsAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Amounts attributable to discontinued operations (as a percent) 317.40%aig_DiscontinuedOperationEffectiveIncomeTaxRateOfDiscontinuedOperation 44.30%aig_DiscontinuedOperationEffectiveIncomeTaxRateOfDiscontinuedOperation 0.00%aig_DiscontinuedOperationEffectiveIncomeTaxRateOfDiscontinuedOperation
Adjustments:      
Amounts attributable to continuing operations (as a percent) 27.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 3.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations (27.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Tax exempt interest (as a percent) (2.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (3.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome (10.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome
Investment in subsidiaries and partnerships (as a percent) 0.00%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationInvestmentInSubsidiariesAndPartnerships 0.00%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationInvestmentInSubsidiariesAndPartnerships (0.90%)aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationInvestmentInSubsidiariesAndPartnerships
Uncertain Tax Positions (as a percent) (0.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies 6.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies 15.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxContingencies
Dividends received deduction (as a percent) (0.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsDividends (0.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsDividends (2.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeductionsDividends
Effect of foreign operations (as a percent) (0.60%)aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationEffectOfForeignOperations (0.10%)aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationEffectOfForeignOperations 5.90%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationEffectOfForeignOperations
State income taxes (as a percent) 0.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (0.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (1.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Other (as a percent) (1.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (3.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effect of discontinued operations (as a percent) 0.60%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationEffectOfDiscontinuedOperations 0.10%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationEffectOfDiscontinuedOperations 0.00%aig_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationEffectOfDiscontinuedOperations
Valuation allowance (as a percent):      
Continuing operations (as a percent) (1.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (33.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (65.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance