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Special Purpose Entities, Including Variable Interest Entities - Supplemental Information about Loans Held as Assets and Long-Term Debt Associated with Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items]    
Loans, Unpaid principal balance $ 6,936ambc_LoansUnpaidPrincipalBalance $ 7,734ambc_LoansUnpaidPrincipalBalance
Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Liabilities 15,085,685us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountLiabilities 15,872,770us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountLiabilities
Variable Interest Entities [Member] | Successor [Member]    
Variable Interest Entities [Line Items]    
Loans, Estimated fair value 12,371,177us-gaap_LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember
13,398,895us-gaap_LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember
Long-term debt, Estimated fair value 12,882,076us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember
14,091,753us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember
Loans, Unpaid principal balance 10,236,695ambc_LoansUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember
12,226,481ambc_LoansUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember
Long-term debt, Unpaid principal balance $ 11,925,499ambc_LongTermDebtUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember
$ 14,251,771ambc_LongTermDebtUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
/ us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis
= us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityPrimaryBeneficiaryAggregatedDisclosureMember