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Schedule II - Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	$ 5,051,664us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany		$ 9,252,919us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany		$ 5,609,489us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany
Investors Title Insurance Company, net
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid (received) to (from) Parent Company	4,906,664itic_CashDividendsPaidReceivedtofromParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember	[1]	9,102,919itic_CashDividendsPaidReceivedtofromParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember	[1]	5,169,489itic_CashDividendsPaidReceivedtofromParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember	[1]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	5,000,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember		9,196,255us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember		5,254,075us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember
Dividend received from parent company	93,336us-gaap_ProceedsFromDividendsReceived / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember		93,336us-gaap_ProceedsFromDividendsReceived / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember		84,586us-gaap_ProceedsFromDividendsReceived / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleInsuranceCompanyMember
Investors Title Exchange Corporation
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	50,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleExchangeCorporationMember		50,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleExchangeCorporationMember		10,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleExchangeCorporationMember
Investors Title Accommodation Corporation
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	10,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleAccommodationCorporationMember		0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleAccommodationCorporationMember		30,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleAccommodationCorporationMember
Investors Title Management Services, Inc.
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleManagementServicesInc.Member		0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleManagementServicesInc.Member		0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleManagementServicesInc.Member
Investors Capital Management Company
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	40,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleCapitalManagementCorporationMember		0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleCapitalManagementCorporationMember		50,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleCapitalManagementCorporationMember
Investors Trust Company
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTrustCompanyMember		100,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTrustCompanyMember		350,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTrustCompanyMember
Investors Title Commercial Agency, LLC
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Cash dividends paid to parent by wholly owned subsidiaries	$ 45,000us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleCommercialAgencyMember		$ 0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleCommercialAgencyMember		$ 0us-gaap_CashDividendsPaidToParentCompany / dei_LegalEntityAxis = itic_InvestorsTitleCommercialAgencyMember
[1] Total dividends of $5,000,000, $9,196,255 and $5,254,075 paid to the Parent Company in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, netted with dividends of $93,336, $93,336 and $84,586 received from the Parent Company in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

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-Number 210

-Section 06

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