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Investments - Summary of Gross Unrealized Losses and Fair Values of Ambac's Available-for-Sale Investments (Detail)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2021
USD ($)
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months   $ 768
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss $ 53 14
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 400 41
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 53 1
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value   810
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 106 16
Debt Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss Before Tax Included Pledged Securities   16
Debt Securities, Available for sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Including Pledged Securities 1,269 825
Debt Securities , Available for sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 869  
Available-for-sale Securities $ 1,966  
Average Percentage Loss Versus Amortized Cost 10.00%  
Average Percentage of Unrealized Loss Versus Amortized Cost for Below Investment Grade Securities 8.00%  
Short-term Investments [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months $ 78 114
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 0 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 8 13
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 0 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 86 128
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 0 0
Available-for-sale Securities $ 507 414
Ambac Insured Securities | Parsed Fixed Income Securities    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Number of Positions 5  
Fixed Income Investments And Other Investments [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Available-for-sale Securities $ 1,902 2,145
Fixed Income Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 791 654
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 53 14
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 392 28
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 53 1
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 1,183 682
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 106 16
Available-for-sale Securities 1,395 1,730
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Municipal Bonds [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 21 117
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 1 3
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 7 2
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 1 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 28 118
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 2 3
Available-for-sale Securities 43 340
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | US Government Debt Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 40 25
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 3 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 19 2
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 1 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 58 27
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 4 1
Available-for-sale Securities 65 45
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | US Government Debt Securities [Member] | Asset Pledged as Collateral [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months   15
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss   0
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer   0
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments   0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value   15
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments   0
Debt Securities Available For Sale Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months Including Pledged Securities   783
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 280 363
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 21 8
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 279 17
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 42 1
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 559 380
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments $ 63 9
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Number of Positions 584  
Available-for-sale Securities $ 598 613
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | External Credit Rating, Investment Grade    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 61  
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member] | External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 2  
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 27 75
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 2 2
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 47 3
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 7 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 73 78
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 9 2
Available-for-sale Securities 76 87
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 132 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 19 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 0 1
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 0 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 132 2
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 19 0
Available-for-sale Securities 238 252
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 90 68
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 3 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 36 3
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 1 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 126 71
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 4 0
Available-for-sale Securities 137 128
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months 198 6
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 4 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 5 0
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 1 0
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 203 6
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments $ 5 0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Number of Positions 14  
Available-for-sale Securities $ 224 265
Dbt Securities Available for Sale Unrealized Loss Measured as a Percent of Amortized Cost 2.00%  
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Ambac Insured Securities    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments $ 18  
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Number of Positions 13  
Dbt Securities Available for Sale Unrealized Loss Measured as a Percent of Amortized Cost 15.00%  
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months $ 3  
Available-for-sale Securities 15  
Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Collateralized Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Accumulated Loss 0  
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer 0  
Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer Aggregate Losses Accumulated In Investments 0  
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value 3  
Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Loss Accumulated In Investments 0  
Collateral Pledged [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Available-for-sale Securities 64 120
Collateral Pledged [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Available-for-sale Securities 0 15
Collateral Pledged [Member] | Fixed Income Securities [Member] | Short-term Investments [Member]    
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]    
Available-for-sale Securities $ 64 $ 105