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Indemnity Supplemental Information (Details 2) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Income attributable to Indemnity shareholder interest    
Service agreement revenue $ 8us-gaap_ContractuallySpecifiedServicingFeesLateFeesAndAncillaryFeesEarnedInExchangeForServicingFinancialAssets $ 8us-gaap_ContractuallySpecifiedServicingFeesLateFeesAndAncillaryFeesEarnedInExchangeForServicingFinancialAssets
Total revenues 1,605us-gaap_Revenues 1,511us-gaap_Revenues
Net investment income 113us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome 109us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
Net realized gains on investments 56us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses 56us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings (2)us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities
Equity in earnings of limited partnerships 28us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 50us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income (loss) from operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest 197us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 156us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Provision for income taxes 61us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 47us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income attributable to Indemnity 39us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 46us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Indemnity    
Income attributable to Indemnity shareholder interest    
Net investment income 4us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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4us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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Net realized gains on investments 0us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses
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1us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses
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Equity in earnings of limited partnerships 2us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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6us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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Income (loss) from operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest 59us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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69us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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Provision for income taxes 20us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
23us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Net income attributable to Indemnity 39us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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46us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
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Indemnity | Management operations    
Income attributable to Indemnity shareholder interest    
Management fee revenue, net 343us-gaap_InsuranceAgencyManagementFee
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319us-gaap_InsuranceAgencyManagementFee
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= erie_InsuranceAgencyManagementSegmentMember
Service agreement revenue 8us-gaap_ContractuallySpecifiedServicingFeesLateFeesAndAncillaryFeesEarnedInExchangeForServicingFinancialAssets
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
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7us-gaap_ContractuallySpecifiedServicingFeesLateFeesAndAncillaryFeesEarnedInExchangeForServicingFinancialAssets
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= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= erie_InsuranceAgencyManagementSegmentMember
Total revenues 351us-gaap_Revenues
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326us-gaap_Revenues
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= erie_InsuranceAgencyManagementSegmentMember
Cost of management operations 298us-gaap_ServiceManagementCosts
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268us-gaap_ServiceManagementCosts
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Income (loss) from operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest 53us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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58us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= erie_InsuranceAgencyManagementSegmentMember
Indemnity | Investment operations    
Income attributable to Indemnity shareholder interest    
Net investment income 4us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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4us-gaap_NetInvestmentIncome
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Net realized gains on investments 0us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses
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1us-gaap_RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses
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= erie_InsuranceInvestmentsSegmentMember
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities
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0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities
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= erie_InsuranceInvestmentsSegmentMember
Equity in earnings of limited partnerships 2us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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= erie_InsuranceInvestmentsSegmentMember
6us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
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Income (loss) from operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest $ 6us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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$ 11us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
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