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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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SHARE-BASED AND OTHER COMPENSATION PLANS (Details - Employee Plans, Share-settled Awards - assumptions used to estimate the fair value of PSUs) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) item shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense \| $	$ 237.0	$ 365.0	$ 349.0
Performance share units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weight used to calculate performance measure (as a percent)		75.00%	25.00%	50.00%
Assumptions used to estimate the fair value of PSUs based on AIG's TSR
Expected dividend yield (as a percent)	2.17%	1.78%	1.13%
Expected volatility (as a percent)	24.55%	22.71%	23.66%
Risk-free interest rate (as a percent)	1.30%	1.01%	0.76%
Deferred stock units (DSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted under the plans	41,974	32,342	28,477
Compensation expense \| $	$ 2.4	$ 1.9	$ 1.5
2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for future grant	45,000,000
Number of shares reserved for future grants	43,510,168
Reduction in the number of shares available for grants	1
AIG 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance period	3 years
Number of installments \| item	3
AIG 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of performance period depending on which actual number of awards can be earned	150.00%
Vesting period, from date of grant	5 years
AIG 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of performance period depending on which actual number of awards can be earned	0.00%
AIG 2013 Long Term Incentive Plan \| Vesting on January 1 from the next three years of immediately following the end of the performance period
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period, from date of grant	2 years
AIG 2010 Stock Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for future grant	60,000,000
Reduction in the number of shares available for grants	1
SICO Plans
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Completion of age of the employee after which the awards can be vested	65 years
Payments for various benefits provided under the plan \| $	$ 0.0