EQUITY (Details 3) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended					1 Months Ended								20 Months Ended				1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 19, 2013	Sep. 26, 2013	Aug. 01, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	May 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	May 31, 2011 AIG	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock	Sep. 30, 2012 Common Stock	Aug. 31, 2012 Common Stock	May 31, 2012 Common Stock	Mar. 31, 2012 Common Stock	Nov. 30, 2011 Common Stock	May 31, 2011 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2013 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2010 Common Stock	Sep. 30, 2012 Treasury Stock	Aug. 31, 2012 Treasury Stock	May 31, 2012 Treasury Stock	Mar. 31, 2012 Treasury Stock	Dec. 31, 2013 Treasury Stock	Dec. 31, 2012 Treasury Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Treasury Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Equity Units item	Dec. 31, 2011 Preferred Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Series E Preferred Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Series F Preferred Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Series C Preferred Stock
Rollforward of preferred stock
Balance																													$ 71,983,000,000	$ 41,605,000,000	$ 7,378,000,000	$ 23,000,000,000
Shares Exchanged																													(71,983,000,000)	(41,605,000,000)	(7,378,000,000)	(23,000,000,000)
Dividend paid (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Common stock authorized to be repurchased			1,000,000,000
Aggregate purchase price of repurchased shares				597,000,000
Share Issuances and Repurchases
Interest ownership by the Department of the Treasury before stock offering and sale (as a percent)							92.00%
Common stock owned by the Department of the Treasury before public offering (in shares)							1,700,000,000
Initial public offering price (in dollars per share)										$ 32.50	$ 32.50	$ 30.50	$ 30.50	$ 29.00		$ 29.00	$ 32.50
Common stock sold by the Department of the Treasury (in shares)										234,169,156	636,923,075	188,524,590	188,524,589	206,896,552		200,000,000	1,655,037,962
Proceeds from sale of common stock by the Department of the Treasury									2,900,000,000	7,610,000,000	20,700,000,000	5,750,000,000	5,750,000,000	6,000,000,000		5,800,000,000	51,610,000,000
Shares repurchased (in shares)				12,317,399	421,228,855	3,074,031															153,846,153	98,360,656	65,573,770	103,448,276	12,317,399	421,228,855	3,074,031
Shares repurchased				597,000,000	13,000,000,000	70,000,000															5,000,000,000	3,000,000,000	2,000,000,000	3,000,000,000	597,000,000	13,000,000,000	70,000,000
Common stock issued by the Department of the Treasury (in shares)				1,464,063,323	1,476,321,935	1,896,821,482		140,463,159	100,000,000
Aggregate purchase amount															1,000,000,000
Equity Units
Number of series of debentures remarketed																												3
Cash per equity unit exchange under stock purchase contract (in dollars per share)																												$ 25
Retirement of debentures																												$ 2,200,000,000
Common stock issued in connection with settlement of the stock purchase contract portion of the Equity Units (in shares)				1,906,645,689	1,906,611,680					1,906,611,680							1,906,611,680	1,906,645,689	1,906,568,099	147,124,067								1,800,000,000