Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	39 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Tiptree Financial Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]	Aug. 08, 2013 Tiptree Financial Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Care Investment Trust Inc. Equity Plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Care Investment Trust Inc. Equity Plan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Care Investment Trust Inc. Equity Plan [Member]	Aug. 08, 2013 Care Investment Trust Inc. Equity Plan [Member] Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] Employee	Dec. 31, 2013 Care Investment Trust Inc. Equity Plan [Member] Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] Employee	Dec. 31, 2012 Care Investment Trust Inc. Equity Plan [Member] Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] Employee	Dec. 31, 2013 Manger Equity Plan	Dec. 31, 2013 PFG Plan PFG	Dec. 31, 2013 PFG Plan PFG	Dec. 31, 2013 PFG Plan PFG	Dec. 31, 2012 PFG Plan PFG	Oct. 14, 2010 PFG Plan PFG	Dec. 31, 2013 Common stock Common Stock - Class A	Dec. 31, 2012 Common stock Common Stock - Class A	Dec. 31, 2013 Common stock Care Investment Trust Inc. Equity Plan [Member] Common Stock - Class A
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted					19,310	33,600
Stock-based compensation to directors for services rendered, shares			150,569		131,190												10,834	15,127	10,834
Stock-based compensation to directors for services rendered	$ 78,000	$ 108,000	$ 1,105,000		$ 963,000														$ 79,000
Number of shares authorized											1,325,635
Shares available for future issuance			1,849,431								134,629				583,300	546,136
Shares that are used to pay taxes on behalf of the employees					10,159
Units granted								19,310		33,600				564,092
Grant date fair value (in dollars per share)								$ 0		$ 0
Share-based compensation expense									0	0		65,000	42,000
Nonvested, weighted average grant date fair value												$ 2.03	$ 2.03	$ 2.03	$ 4.05
Total unrecognized compensation cost									$ 446,000			$ 89,000	$ 89,000	$ 89,000	$ 155,000
Unrecognized compensation cost, period of recognition									2 years 6 months				1 year 5 months
Vested			(150,569,000)		(45,263)	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Nonvested Options Forfeited, Number of Shares					4,728	30,769
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares			1,849,431,000	2,000,000,000	72,303	102,984	100,153