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INCOME TAXES (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Income tax expense (benefit):      
Effective tax rates on income from continuing operations (as a percent) 34.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 27.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
U.S. federal income tax at statutory rate (as a percent) 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
Deferred tax asset valuation allowance recognized $ 85,000,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount    
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes      
Unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties 4,400,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   4,400,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized would not affect the effective tax rate 200,000,000aig_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldNotImpactEffectiveTaxRate   300,000,000aig_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldNotImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Unrecognized tax benefits, if recognized would favorably affect the effective tax rate 4,200,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate   4,100,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties accrued 1,100,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued   1,100,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Unrecognized tax benefits, interest net of the federal benefit (expense) and penalties $ (12,000,000)us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense $ 20,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense  
Unrecognized tax benefits, period of reasonably possible change in balance P12M