Debt (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	5 Months Ended									3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgages	Apr. 24, 2012 Mortgages Mortgage Note Due 2022 loan	Mar. 31, 2014 Line of Credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Siena Capital Finance LLC	Mar. 31, 2014 Siena Capital Finance LLC	Jul. 26, 2013 Siena Capital Finance LLC	Mar. 31, 2014 luxury mortgage corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 luxury mortgage corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 PFG	Jul. 31, 2012 PFG Notes Payable Notes payable, due July 15, 2022	Mar. 31, 2014 Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Subsidiaries	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsidiaries	Sep. 18, 2013 Revolving credit facility Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member] Credit agreement	Mar. 31, 2014 Revolving credit facility Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member] Credit agreement	Sep. 18, 2013 Revolving credit facility Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member] Credit agreement LIBOR	Dec. 31, 2013 KeyCorp Real Estate Capital Market [Member] Mortgage Note Due 2022	Feb. 28, 2013 Liberty Bank [Member] Mortgages loan	Feb. 28, 2013 Niagara Bank [Member] Mortgages	Dec. 31, 2013 Niagara Bank [Member] Mortgages	Jul. 13, 2012 Certain Assets of Hartford Life Private Placement, LLC [Member] PFG	Dec. 31, 2013 Care Cal JV LLC Calamar Enterprises, Inc.	Dec. 31, 2013 Terraces Portfolio Niagara Bank [Member] Mortgages loan	Dec. 31, 2013 Heritage [Member] Niagara Bank [Member] Mortgages loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable								$ 15,468,000	$ 0		$ 100,000,000			$ 381,266,000	$ 360,609,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage											12.66%							1.25%	4.76%
Date of first required interest and principal payment			Jun. 01, 2012
Maturity Date			May 01, 2022		Jan. 25, 2017											Sep. 18, 2018
Floating rate, LIBOR																LIBOR
Term of loan																				30 years	25 years
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate																	7.75%							4.21%
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding					5,371,000	6,733,000						49,000,000	49,500,000			50,000,000	49,000,000
number of lending institutions	3
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount		185,000										893,000	943,000			1,000,000
Interest expense incurred														5,532,000	4,816,000		959,000
Maximum aggregate borrowing capacity							65,000,000	30,000								125,000,000
Variable interest rate (as a percent)				0.00%	0.00%											6.50%					0.00%	0.00%
Deferred debt issuance costs																1,272,000
Expense related to deferred debt issuance cost																	64,000
Warehouse Agreement Borrowings												139,150,000	133,715,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred																							117,500,000
Long-Term Servicing Agreement, Amount of Company Owned Life Insurance and Bank Owned Life Insurance										37,000,000,000
Number of mortgage loans (in loans)			3																	2					2	2
Aggregate principal amount			15,680,000
Amortization period (in years)			30 years
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage Rate Range, Minimum	3.00%
Compensating Balance, Amount	$ 0