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Investment Securities - Schedule of Amortized Cost, Gross Unrealized Gains, Gross Unrealized Losses and Estimated Fair Values of Fixed-Maturity Securities (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, Amortized Cost $ 60,202wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost $ 217,587wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Gains 590wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains 1,730wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Losses (151)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses (516)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
Total fixed-maturity securities, Estimated Fair Value 60,641wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue 218,801wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
Total fixed-maturity securities held in trust, Amortized Cost 52,307wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustAmortizedCost 144,909wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustAmortizedCost
Total fixed-maturity securities held in trust, Gross Unrealized Gains 411wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustGrossUnrealizedGains 1,498wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustGrossUnrealizedGains
Total fixed-maturity securities held in trust, Gross Unrealized Losses (140)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustGrossUnrealizedLosses (503)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustGrossUnrealizedLosses
Total fixed-maturity securities held in trust, Estimated Fair Value 52,578wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustEstimatedFairValue 145,904wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesHeldInTrustEstimatedFairValue
Trading [Member]    
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]    
Less total unrestricted fixed-maturity securities, Amortized Cost 7,895wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
7,326wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
Less total unrestricted fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Gains 179wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
232wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
Less total unrestricted fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Losses (11)wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
(13)wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
Less total unrestricted fixed-maturity securities, Estimated Fair Value 8,063wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
7,545wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis
= wmih_TradingSecuritiesMember
Held to Maturity [Member]    
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]    
Less total unrestricted fixed-maturity securities, Amortized Cost   65,352wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_InformationByCategoryOfDebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_HeldtomaturitySecuritiesMember
Less total unrestricted fixed-maturity securities, Estimated Fair Value   65,352wmih_UnrestrictedFixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_InformationByCategoryOfDebtSecurityAxis
= us-gaap_HeldtomaturitySecuritiesMember
Obligations of U.S. Government Sponsored Enterprises [Member]    
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, Amortized Cost 6,491wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
15,868wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Gains 12wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
127wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Losses (28)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
(163)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Estimated Fair Value 6,475wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
15,832wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]    
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, Amortized Cost 41,018wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
80,624wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Gains 531wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
1,450wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Losses (65)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
(182)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Estimated Fair Value 41,484wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
81,892wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Foreign Corporate Debt Securities [Member]    
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, Amortized Cost 12,693wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
22,166wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Gains 47wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
149wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Losses (58)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
(170)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Estimated Fair Value 12,682wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
22,145wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignCorporateDebtSecuritiesMember
Commercial Paper [Member]    
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]    
Total fixed-maturity securities, Amortized Cost   98,929wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Gains   4wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedGains
/ us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Gross Unrealized Losses   (1)wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses
/ us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember
Total fixed-maturity securities, Estimated Fair Value   $ 98,932wmih_FixedMaturitySecuritiesEstimatedFairValue
/ us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPaperMember