Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Nov. 12, 2014 Common Stock - Class A	Nov. 12, 2014 Common Stock - Class B
Entity Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	Tiptree Financial Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001393726
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		31,829,633	9,770,367