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Statutory Financial Information (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]      
Dividends available to be paid $ 3,800,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryAmountAvailableForDividendPayments    
Approximate increase in statutory capital and surplus resulting from discount of certain A&E liabilities 158,000,000us-gaap_StateInsuranceDepartmentStatutoryToNAICAmountOfReconcilingItem    
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Capital and Surplus Required   13,700,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusRequired  
PropertyAndCasualtySubsidiaries [Member]      
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]      
Statutory capital and surplus 25,367,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_PropertyAndCasualtySubsidiariesMember
23,791,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_PropertyAndCasualtySubsidiariesMember
 
Statutory net income 3,368,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryNetIncomeAmount
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_PropertyAndCasualtySubsidiariesMember
3,333,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryNetIncomeAmount
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_PropertyAndCasualtySubsidiariesMember
2,683,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryNetIncomeAmount
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_PropertyAndCasualtySubsidiariesMember
LifeSubsidiaries [Member] [Member]      
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]      
Statutory capital and surplus 1,455,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_LifeSubsidiariesMemberMember
1,693,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_LifeSubsidiariesMemberMember
 
Statutory net income $ (248,000,000)us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryNetIncomeAmount
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_LifeSubsidiariesMemberMember
$ 409,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryNetIncomeAmount
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_LifeSubsidiariesMemberMember
$ 199,000,000us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryNetIncomeAmount
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= ace_LifeSubsidiariesMemberMember