Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	Commitments and Contingencies Agreements We have letters of credit and bank guarantees of $6.0 million and $5.9 million outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Letters of credit are secured by our debt facilities. We have entered into agreements with certain officers whereby upon defined circumstances constituting a change in control of the Company, certain benefit entitlements are automatically funded and such officers are entitled to specific cash payments upon termination of employment. Additionally, we have adopted the DST Systems, Inc. Executive Severance Plan, which provides certain benefits to participants in the event of a qualifying termination under the plan. In the normal course of business, to facilitate transactions of services and products and other business assets, and in certain strategic transactions, we have agreed to indemnify certain parties with respect to certain matters. We have agreed to hold certain parties harmless against losses arising from a breach of representations or covenants, data and confidentiality obligations, intellectual property infringement or other claims made by third parties. These agreements may limit the time period in which an indemnification claim can be made and the amount of the claim. At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, except for certain immaterial items, there were no liabilities for guarantees or indemnifications as it is not reasonably possible to estimate either the maximum potential payments or range of payments under these indemnification agreements or to determine the timing of any such payments due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, payments made under these agreements have not had a material impact on our financial statements. Legal Proceedings A putative class action suit was filed against the Company, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, the Advisory Committee of our 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) and certain of our present and/or former officers and directors, alleging breach of fiduciary duties and other violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The suit, DuCharme v. DST Systems, et al. was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri on January 13, 2017 and dismissed on June 23, 2017. On September 7, 2017, a different plaintiff filed a new complaint in the same court, captioned Ostrander v. DST Systems, Inc., et al. making substantially similar allegations as those asserted in the DuCharme complaint. A related suit, Cooper v. Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc., et. al., was filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York on March 14, 2016, and the DST-related parties were dismissed without prejudice. On September 1, 2017, a new complaint was filed purportedly on behalf of the Plan in the Southern District of New York, captioned Ferguson, et al. v. Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc., et al., naming as defendants the Company, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, the Advisory Committee of the Plan and certain of our present and/or former officers and directors. The complaint’s allegations are substantially similar to the allegations asserted in the Cooper case. We intend to defend these cases vigorously, and, because the suits are still in their preliminary stages, have not yet determined what effect these lawsuits will have, if any, on our financial position or results of operations. We are involved in various other legal proceedings arising in the normal course of our businesses. At this time, we do not believe any material losses under these claims to be probable or estimable. While the ultimate outcome of these other legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, it is the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, that the final outcome in such proceedings, in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.

Commitments and Contingencies

Agreements

We have letters of credit and bank guarantees of $6.0 million and $5.9 million outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Letters of credit are secured by our debt facilities.

We have entered into agreements with certain officers whereby upon defined circumstances constituting a change in control of the Company, certain benefit entitlements are automatically funded and such officers are entitled to specific cash payments upon termination of employment. Additionally, we have adopted the DST Systems, Inc. Executive Severance Plan, which provides certain benefits to participants in the event of a qualifying termination under the plan.

In the normal course of business, to facilitate transactions of services and products and other business assets, and in certain strategic transactions, we have agreed to indemnify certain parties with respect to certain matters. We have agreed to hold certain parties harmless against losses arising from a breach of representations or covenants, data and confidentiality obligations, intellectual property infringement or other claims made by third parties. These agreements may limit the time period in which an indemnification claim can be made and the amount of the claim. At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, except for certain immaterial items, there were no liabilities for guarantees or indemnifications as it is not reasonably possible to estimate either the maximum potential payments or range of payments under these indemnification agreements or to determine the timing of any such payments due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, payments made under these agreements have not had a material impact on our financial statements.

Legal Proceedings

A putative class action suit was filed against the Company, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, the Advisory Committee of our 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) and certain of our present and/or former officers and directors, alleging breach of fiduciary duties and other violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The suit, DuCharme v. DST Systems, et al. was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri on January 13, 2017 and dismissed on June 23, 2017. On September 7, 2017, a different plaintiff filed a new complaint in the same court, captioned Ostrander v. DST Systems, Inc., et al. making substantially similar allegations as those asserted in the DuCharme complaint. A related suit, Cooper v. Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc., et. al., was filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York on March 14, 2016, and the DST-related parties were dismissed without prejudice. On September 1, 2017, a new complaint was filed purportedly on behalf of the Plan in the Southern District of New York, captioned Ferguson, et al. v. Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc., et al., naming as defendants the Company, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, the Advisory Committee of the Plan and certain of our present and/or former officers and directors. The complaint’s allegations are substantially similar to the allegations asserted in the Cooper case. We intend to defend these cases vigorously, and, because the suits are still in their preliminary stages, have not yet determined what effect these lawsuits will have, if any, on our financial position or results of operations.

We are involved in various other legal proceedings arising in the normal course of our businesses. At this time, we do not believe any material losses under these claims to be probable or estimable. While the ultimate outcome of these other legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, it is the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, that the final outcome in such proceedings, in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.