Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenue by Product/Service Groups

Presented in the table below is the breakout of our revenue streams for each of those product/service groups for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
(dollar amounts in thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Exchanges	$	40,554	$	43,592	$	122,741	$	116,420
Broker Systems	4,390		4,537		13,878		13,713
Business Process Outsourcing (“BPO”)	3,604		4,252		11,781		11,713
Carrier Systems	1,745		1,423		5,463		3,501
Totals	$	50,293	$	53,804	$	153,863	$	145,347

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis

Additional information regarding the Company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis is presented in the following table:

	Fair Values at Reporting Date Using*
Descriptions	Balance, September 30, 2013		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets or Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
	(In thousands)
Assets
Available-for-sale securities:
Commercial bank certificates of deposits	$	829	$	829	$	—	$	—
Total assets measured at fair value	$	829	$	829	$	—	$	—
Liabilities
Derivatives:
Common share-based put option (a)	$	2,437	$	—	$	2,437	$	—
Contingent accrued earn-out acquisition consideration (b)	14,235		—		—		14,235
Total liabilities measured at fair value	$	16,672	$	—	$	2,437	$	14,235
(a) In connection with the acquisition of PlanetSoft effective June 1, 2012, Ebix issued a put option to the PlanetSoft's three shareholders. The put option, which expires in June 2014, is exercisable during the thirty-day period immediately following the two-year anniversary date of the business acquisition, which if exercised would enable them to sell the underlying 296,560 shares of Ebix common stock they received as part of the purchase consideration, back to the Company at a price of $16.86 per share. A portion of the total purchase consideration was allocated to this put liability based on its initial fair value, which was determined to be $1.4 million using a Black-Scholes model. The inputs used in the valuation of the put option include term, stock price volatility, current stock price, exercise price, and the risk free rate of return.
(b) The income valuation approach is applied and the valuation inputs include the contingent payment arrangement terms, projected cash flows, rate of return, and probability assessments.
* During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 there were no transfers between fair value Levels 1, 2 or 3.

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation

For the Company's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), the following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for each category therein, and gains or losses recognized during the nine months ending September 30, 2013:

Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
	Contingent Liability for Accrued Earn-out Acquisition Consideration
	(in thousands)
Beginning balance at January 1, 2013	$	17,495
Total remeasurement adjustments:
(Gains) or losses included in earnings **	(10,253		)
Foreign currency translation adjustments ***	545
Acquisitions and settlements
Business acquisitions	9,425
Settlements	(2,977		)
Ending balance at September 30, 2013	$	14,235
The amount of total (gains) or losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 included in earnings or changes to net assets, attributable to changes in unrealized (gains) or losses relating to assets or liabilities still held at quarter-end.	$	(10,298	)
** recorded as an adjustment to reported general and administrative expenses
*** recorded as a component of other comprehensive income within stockholders' equity

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company's contingent consideration liabilities designated as Level 3 are as follows:

(in thousands)	Fair Value at September 30, 2013	Valuation Technique	Significant Unobservable Input
Contingent acquisition consideration: (Taimma, Planetsoft, TriSystems, and Qatarlyst acquisitions)	$14,235	Discounted cash flow	Projected revenue and probability of achievement

Schedule of Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 are reflected in the following table. Goodwill increased during this period due to one business acquisition that was made in April.

	September 30, 2013
	(In thousands)
Beginning Balance at January 1, 2013	$	326,748
Additions	11,136
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(481		)
Ending Balance at September 30, 2013	$	337,403

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class, Estimated Useful Lives

We amortize these intangible assets on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Category	Life (yrs)
Customer relationships	7-20
Developed technology	3–12
Trademarks	3–15
Non-compete agreements	5
Database	10

Schedule of Intangible Assets, Excluding Goodwill

The carrying value of finite-lived and indefinite-lived intangible assets at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are as follows:

	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Finite-lived intangible assets:
Customer relationships	$	62,445		$	57,638
Developed technology	14,635			14,025
Trademarks	2,637			2,638
Non-compete agreements	538			538
Backlog	140			140
Database	212			212
Total intangibles	80,607			75,191
Accumulated amortization	(27,939		)	(22,600		)
Finite-lived intangibles, net	$	52,668		$	52,591
Indefinite-lived intangibles:
Customer/territorial relationships	$	30,887		$	30,887