Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)					3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Care and PFG	Mar. 31, 2013 Care and PFG	Dec. 31, 2013 Siena Capital Finance LLC	Mar. 31, 2014 Siena Capital Finance LLC	Jul. 26, 2013 Siena Capital Finance LLC	Mar. 31, 2014 Mortgages		Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgages		Mar. 31, 2014 Notes Payable		Dec. 31, 2013 Notes Payable		Mar. 31, 2014 Fortress Credit Agreement		Dec. 31, 2013 Fortress Credit Agreement		Mar. 31, 2014 Property Subject to Operating Lease [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Property Subject to Operating Lease [Member]		Mar. 31, 2014 Revolving credit facility		Dec. 31, 2013 Revolving credit facility		Mar. 31, 2014 Commitments to Extend Credit [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Commitments to Extend Credit [Member]		Mar. 31, 2014 Other Commitments [Domain]		Dec. 31, 2013 Other Commitments [Domain]		Mar. 31, 2014 Letter of Credit [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member]		Sep. 18, 2013 Primary beneficiary Tiptree Operating Company, LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Primary beneficiary Notes Payable Telos Asset Management LLC		Dec. 31, 2013 Primary beneficiary Notes Payable Telos Asset Management LLC
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Years Two and Three																$ 91,015,000	[1]																												$ 1,341,701,000	[2]
2015		13,665,000																		49,500,000	[1]			6,437,000	[3]			5,371,000	[1]
2014		11,360,000												90,039,000	[1]			63,944,000	[1]							6,733,000	[1]			60,345,000	[1]	0	[1]	57,745,000	[1]	0	[1]	322,000	[1]	0	[1]		1,306,962,000	[2]
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Next Twelve Months																						14,533,000	[3]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal and Related Interests in Next Twelve Months										107,623,000	[4]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal and Related Interests in Year Two												107,705,000	[4]
Maximum aggregate borrowing capacity									65,000,000																																	125,000,000
Variable interest rate (as a percent)							0.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding			49,000,000	49,500,000			5,371,000	6,733,000																																		50,000,000
Rent expense for office leases					570,000	363,000
Contractual Obligation, Due in Next Twelve Months	1,708,246,000
Contractual Obligation, Due in Second Year		$ 1,601,729,000

[1] Notes payable relates to PFG’s acquisition of the administrative services rights from The Hartford, TFP payment for Series A preferred stock and common shares of PFG and Luxury promissory notes (See Note 11—Debt).

[2] CLO notes payable principal is payable at stated maturity, 2021 for Telos 1, 2022 for Telos 2, 2024 for Telos 3 and 2024 for Telos 4 (See Note 4—CLOs and Consolidated Variable Interest Entities).

[3] Minimum rental obligations for Care, Siena, Luxury and PFG office leases. For the three month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, rent expense for the Company’s office leases were $570 and $363, respectively.

[4] Mortgage notes payable include mortgage notes entered into by the Company in connection with its acquisition of several properties (See Note 11—Debt)