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Commitments and Contingencies - Activity Related to Asbestos Claims (Detail) (Asbestos Related Matters [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Claim
Dec. 31, 2013
Claim
Dec. 31, 2012
Claim
Number of Pending Claims [Roll Forward]      
Pending claims - Beginning 79,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber 96,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber 105,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
New claims 4,000us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber 5,000us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber 4,000us-gaap_LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber
Settlements (2,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledNumber (3,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledNumber (1,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsSettledNumber
Dismissals (19,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber [1] (19,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber [1] (12,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber [1]
Pending claims - Ending 62,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber 79,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber 96,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
Inactive [Member]
     
Number of Pending Claims [Roll Forward]      
Pending claims - Beginning 13,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
29,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
 
Dismissals 0us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
(16,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
(12,000)us-gaap_LossContingencyClaimsDismissedNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
Pending claims - Ending 13,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
13,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
29,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_InactiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
Active [Member]
     
Number of Pending Claims [Roll Forward]      
Pending claims - Ending 49,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_ActiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
66,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_ActiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
67,000us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= itt_ActiveMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= itt_AsbestosRelatedMattersMember
[1] (a)Dismissals reported in the table above include the dismissal of approximately 16 thousand claims in 2013 and 12 thousand in 2012, which were considered pending inactive claims. There were no inactive claims dismissed during 2014. Inactive claims represent pending claims in Mississippi filed in 2004 or prior, which have been excluded from our asbestos measurement because the plaintiffs cannot demonstrate a significant compensable loss. As such, management believes these claims have little to no value.