Commercial Bank Financing Facility	12 Months Ended
Commercial Bank Financing Facility	Dec. 31, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Commercial Bank Financing Facility	Commercial Bank Financing Facility On April 26, 2012, Ebix entered into a credit agreement providing for a $100 million secured syndicated credit facility (the “Secured Syndicated Credit Facility”) with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank") as administrative agent and Citibank, N.A., Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, and RBS Citizens, N.A. as joint lenders. The financing is comprised of a 4-year, $45 million secured revolving credit facility, a $45 million secured term loan which amortizes over a 4 year period with quarterly principal and interest payments commencing on June 30, 2012 and a final payment of all remaining outstanding principal and accrued interest due on April 26, 2016, and an accordion feature that provides for the expansion of the credit facility by an additional $10 million. This new $100 million credit facility with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, replaced the former $55 million facility that the Company had in place with Bank of America, N.A. The initial interest rate applicable to the Secured Syndicated Credit Facility is LIBOR plus 1.50% and currently stands at 1.71%. Under the Secured Syndicated Credit Facility the maximum interest rate that could be charged depending upon the Company's leverage ratio is LIBOR plus 2.00%. The credit facility is used by the Company to fund working capital requirements primarily in support of current operations, organic growth, and accretive business acquisitions. The Company incurred $744 thousand of origination costs in connection with this new credit facility, and is amortizing these costs into interest expense over the four-year life of the credit agreement. As of December 31, 2012 the Company's consolidated balance sheet includes $620 thousand of remaining deferred financing costs. The underlying financing agreement contains financial covenants regarding the Company's annualized EBITDA, fixed charge coverage ratio, and leverage ratio, as well as certain restrictive covenants pertaining to such matters as the incurrence of new debt, the aggregate amount of repurchases of the Company's equity shares, and the consummation of new business acquisitions. The Company currently is in compliance with all such financial and restrictive covenants. On April 26, 2012, Ebix fully paid all of its obligations and related fees then outstanding to Bank of America N.A. (“BOA”) and as pertaining to the Credit Agreement dated February 12, 2010 (as amended). The aggregate amount of the payment was $45.14 million and was funded from a portion of the proceeds of the Citibank led Secured Syndicated Credit Facility discussed immediately above. Upon the effective date of this payoff, BOA's commitment to extend further credit to the Company terminated. At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the revolving line of credit with Citibank was $37.8 million and the facility carried an interest rate of 1.71%. This balance is included in the long-term liabilities section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets. During 2012, the average and maximum outstanding balances on the revolving line of credit were $32.4 million and $37.8 million, respectively, and the weighted average interest rate was 1.74%. At December 31, 2011 the outstanding balance on the revolving line of credit with BOA was $31.8 million and the facility carried an interest rate of 1.75%. At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance on the term loan with Citibank was $40.9 million of which $11.3 million is due within the next twelve months. This term loan also carried an interest rate of 1.71%. During 2012, $4.1 million of scheduled payments were made against the existing term loan with Citibank and $1.7 million of scheduled payments were made against the term loan previously with BOA. The current and long-term portions of the term loan are included in the respective current and long-term sections of the consolidated balance sheets. At December 31, 2011, the outstanding balance on the term loan with BOA was $15.0 million.

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