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Net Income Per Share - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Apr. 30, 2013
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]      
Number of new common stock issued 45,005,932us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 45,003,461us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 45,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
Par value of common stock issued $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights     5,047,138us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
Exercise price of common stock     $ 16.67us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights1
Investment Warrants Expiration Date Apr. 30, 2023    
Warrant exercised 949ambc_WarrantExercisedDuringPeriodShares 6,312ambc_WarrantExercisedDuringPeriodShares  
Common stock shares issued 949us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 2,524us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues  
Warrants outstanding 5,039,877ambc_WarrantsOutstanding    
Successor [Member]      
Schedule Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]      
Number of new common stock issued     45,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued
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Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights     5,047,138us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightNumberOfSecuritiesCalledByWarrantsOrRights
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