Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	Note 14: Subsequent Events At March 31, 2015, WMIHC held $3.1 million in restricted cash which had been received from WMMRC prior to March 31, 2015. Prior to this transfer the use of these assets was restricted as described in Note 11: Restriction on Distribution of Net Assets from Subsidiary. This cash was transferred to WMIHC as restricted cash upon approval for distribution by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Hawaii. On April 15, 2015, WMIHC fully redeemed the First Lien Notes which included the remaining principal outstanding of $665 thousand of principal and $11 thousand of interest which represented accrued interest through April 14, 2015. The restricted cash remaining in the Collateral Account will be used to reduce the issuer secondary amount in accordance with the Second Lien Indenture, which totals $9.0 million at March 31, 2015 and continues to earn interest at a coupon rate of 13%. The issuer secondary amount is required to be paid (payments of issuer secondary amounts occur by transfer from restricted cash to unrestricted cash) prior to any payment of interest and principal on the Second Lien Notes. The principal balance of the Second Lien Notes totaled $29.2 million at April 30, 2015. The Company has made its annual restricted stock grants to members of our Board of Directors, totaling $0.7 million of aggregate intrinsic value on April 28, 2015, the date of our Annual Meeting of Shareholders, under the Company’s 2012 Plan in connection with the Company’s director compensation program. On April 28, 2015, WMIHC’s shareholders approved the planned reincorporation from the State of Washington to the State of Delaware. As a result of this reincorporation, WMI Holdings Corp. name will change to WMIH Corp., (“WMIH”), WMIH’s Board of Directors will be increased from 7 to up to a maximum of 11 members and WMIH will be authorized to issue up to 3,500,000,000 shares of common stock and up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, each with a par value of $0.00001 per share.

Note 14: Subsequent Events

At March 31, 2015, WMIHC held $3.1 million in restricted cash which had been received from WMMRC prior to March 31, 2015. Prior to this transfer the use of these assets was restricted as described in Note 11: Restriction on Distribution of Net Assets from Subsidiary. This cash was transferred to WMIHC as restricted cash upon approval for distribution by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Hawaii. On April 15, 2015, WMIHC fully redeemed the First Lien Notes which included the remaining principal outstanding of $665 thousand of principal and $11 thousand of interest which represented accrued interest through April 14, 2015. The restricted cash remaining in the Collateral Account will be used to reduce the issuer secondary amount in accordance with the Second Lien Indenture, which totals $9.0 million at March 31, 2015 and continues to earn interest at a coupon rate of 13%. The issuer secondary amount is required to be paid (payments of issuer secondary amounts occur by transfer from restricted cash to unrestricted cash) prior to any payment of interest and principal on the Second Lien Notes. The principal balance of the Second Lien Notes totaled $29.2 million at April 30, 2015.

The Company has made its annual restricted stock grants to members of our Board of Directors, totaling $0.7 million of aggregate intrinsic value on April 28, 2015, the date of our Annual Meeting of Shareholders, under the Company’s 2012 Plan in connection with the Company’s director compensation program.

On April 28, 2015, WMIHC’s shareholders approved the planned reincorporation from the State of Washington to the State of Delaware. As a result of this reincorporation, WMI Holdings Corp. name will change to WMIH Corp., (“WMIH”), WMIH’s Board of Directors will be increased from 7 to up to a maximum of 11 members and WMIH will be authorized to issue up to 3,500,000,000 shares of common stock and up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, each with a par value of $0.00001 per share.