Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Segment Information
Title Premiums	$ 3,671	$ 4,152	$ 3,833
Other Revenue	2,804	1,737	1,676
Food and Beverage Revenue	1,436	1,408	908
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	7,911	7,297	6,417
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	113	143	251
Total revenues	8,024	7,440	6,668
Depreciation and amortization	403	133	103
Interest expense	127	73	64
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	392	616	746
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	312	195	242
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	80	421	504
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	432	(26)	10
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	512	395	514
Total assets	13,868	10,528	9,903
Goodwill	4,721	1,901	1,907
FNFV Other Including Remy [Member]
Segment Information
Total assets	1,261	1,946	1,948
Goodwill	87	343	351
Title Segment
Segment Information
Title Premiums	3,671	4,152	3,833
Other Revenue	1,855	1,597	1,613
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	5,526	5,749	5,446
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	126	145	140
Total revenues	5,652	5,894	5,586
Depreciation and amortization	145	65	64
Interest expense	0	0	1
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	542	808	776
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	196	297	282
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	346	511	494
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	4	5	5
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	350	516	499
Total assets	8,280	6,762	6,929
Goodwill	2,289	1,435	1,434
Black Knight Financial Services [Member]
Segment Information
Title Premiums	0
Other Revenue	852
Food and Beverage Revenue	0
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	852
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	0
Total revenues	852
Depreciation and amortization	188
Interest expense	31
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(15)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	(7)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(8)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	0
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(8)
Total assets	3,598
Goodwill	2,223
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired				67.00%	67.00%
FNF Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Information
Other Revenue	(13)	53	48
Food and Beverage Revenue	0	0	0
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	(13)	53	48
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	(1)	(4)	(3)
Total revenues	(14)	49	45
Depreciation and amortization	3	3	4
Interest expense	91	68	60
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(121)	(152)	(107)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	(27)	(60)	(52)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(94)	(92)	(55)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	0	(1)	0
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	(94)	(93)	(55)
Total assets	67	1,150	337
Goodwill	3	4	3
Total FNF Core [Member]
Segment Information
Title Premiums	3,671	4,152	3,833
Other Revenue	2,694	1,650	1,661
Food and Beverage Revenue	0	0	0
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	6,365	5,802	5,494
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	125	141	137
Total revenues	6,490	5,943	5,631
Depreciation and amortization	336	68	68
Interest expense	122	68	61
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	406	656	669
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	162	237	230
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	244	419	439
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	4	4	5
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	248	423	444
Total assets	11,945	7,912	7,266
Goodwill	4,515	1,439	1,437
Restaurant group
Segment Information
Food and Beverage Revenue	1,436	1,408	908
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	1,436	1,408	908
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	(13)	(1)	119
Total revenues	1,423	1,407	1,027
Depreciation and amortization	52	53	35
Interest expense	8	8	3
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	13	12	102
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	1	(4)	18
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	12	16	84
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	12	16	84
Total assets	662	670	689
Goodwill	119	119	119
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	55.00%
Corporate and Other
Segment Information
Other Revenue	110	87	15
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	110	87	15
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	1	3	(5)
Total revenues	111	90	10
Depreciation and amortization	15	12	0
Interest expense	(3)	(3)	0
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(27)	(52)	(25)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	149	(38)	(6)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(176)	(14)	(19)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	428	(30)	5
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	252	(44)	(14)
Goodwill	87	95	105
Total Portfolio Company Investments [Member]
Segment Information
Other Revenue	110	87	15
Food and Beverage Revenue	1,436	1,408	908
Sales Revenue, Services, Net	1,546	1,495	923
Interest and investment income including realized gains and losses	(12)	2	114
Total revenues	1,534	1,497	1,037
Depreciation and amortization	67	65	35
Interest expense	5	5	3
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(14)	(40)	77
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations	150	(42)	12
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before equity in (loss) earnings of unconsolidated affiliates	(164)	2	65
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	428	(30)	5
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	264	(28)	70
Total assets	1,923	2,616	2,637
Goodwill	206	462	470
Remy
Segment Information
Total assets		1,255	0
Goodwill	$ 0	$ 248	$ 246