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Nature of Operations (Details) (Property and Casualty Group)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Product information  
Number of states in which the Property and Casualty Group operates 12us-gaap_NumberOfStatesInWhichEntityOperates
Private passenger automobile
 
Product information  
Percentage of property and casualty direct written premiums 43.00%erie_PercentageOfDirectWrittenPremiumsPropertyAndCasualty
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= erie_PrivatePassengerAutomobileMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyLiabilityAndCasualtyInsuranceSegmentMember
Homeowners
 
Product information  
Percentage of property and casualty direct written premiums 27.00%erie_PercentageOfDirectWrittenPremiumsPropertyAndCasualty
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= erie_HomeownersMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyLiabilityAndCasualtyInsuranceSegmentMember
Commercial multi-peril
 
Product information  
Percentage of property and casualty direct written premiums 13.00%erie_PercentageOfDirectWrittenPremiumsPropertyAndCasualty
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= erie_CommercialMultiperilMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyLiabilityAndCasualtyInsuranceSegmentMember
Commercial automobile
 
Product information  
Percentage of property and casualty direct written premiums 7.00%erie_PercentageOfDirectWrittenPremiumsPropertyAndCasualty
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= erie_CommercialAutomobileMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyLiabilityAndCasualtyInsuranceSegmentMember
Workers compensation
 
Product information  
Percentage of property and casualty direct written premiums 7.00%erie_PercentageOfDirectWrittenPremiumsPropertyAndCasualty
/ us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis
= erie_WorkersCompensationMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= us-gaap_PropertyLiabilityAndCasualtyInsuranceSegmentMember