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Schedule II - Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | $ 9,252,919 |  | $ 5,609,489 |  | $ 223,331 |
Investors Title Insurance Company, net |  |  |  |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid (received) to (from) Parent Company | 9,102,919 | [1] | 5,169,489 | [1] | (81,669) | [1]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | 9,196,255 |  | 5,254,075 |  | 0 |
Dividend received from parent company | 93,336 |  | 84,586 |  | 81,669 |
Investors Title Exchange Corporation |  |  |  |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | 50,000 |  | 10,000 |  | 175,000 |
Investors Title Accommodation Corporation |  |  |  |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | 0 |  | 30,000 |  | 0 |
Investors Title Management Services, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | 0 |  | 0 |  | 0 |
Investors Title Capital Management Corporation |  |  |  |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | 0 |  | 50,000 |  | 30,000 |
Investors Trust Company |  |  |  |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | 100,000 |  | 350,000 |  | 100,000 |
Investors Title Commercial Agency |  |  |  |  |  |
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries | $ 0 |  | $ 0 |  | $ 0 |
[1] | Total dividends of $9,196,255, $5,254,075 and $0 paid to the Parent Company in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, netted with dividends of $93,336, $84,586 and $81,669 received from the Parent Company in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

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