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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 06, 2015
Dec. 31, 2011
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $ 13,894,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 10,878,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 7,460,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit    
Provision for income taxes from discrete items 6,544,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit 7,656,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit 2,282,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit    
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), before discrete items 7,350,000ebix_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitbeforediscreteitems 3,222,000ebix_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitbeforediscreteitems 5,178,000ebix_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitbeforediscreteitems    
Operating loss carryforwards, domestic 42,000,000ebix_OperatingLossCarryforwardsDomestic        
Operating Loss Carryforwards, Domestic, Utilized 5,700,000ebix_OperatingLossCarryforwardsDomesticUtilized        
Foreign 4,847,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 4,532,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 3,660,000us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit    
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings 71,900,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUndistributedForeignEarnings        
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Expense 680,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense        
Reserve for potential uncertain income tax return positions 3,020,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 12,742,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits 5,925,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   3,180,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Effective tax rate from ongoing operations 9.50%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationExcludingDiscreteItemsPercent        
Portion of an unrecognized tax benefit netted against deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward (1,135,000)ebix_Unrecognizedtaxbenefitnettedagainstadeferredtaxassetforanetoperatinglosscarryforward (8,422,000)ebix_Unrecognizedtaxbenefitnettedagainstadeferredtaxassetforanetoperatinglosscarryforward      
India          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Foreign tax holiday (percentage) 50.00%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignTaxHolidays
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_IN
       
Foreign statutory income tax rate 33.99%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtForeignStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
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= country_IN
       
Foreign income tax holiday, term 5 years        
Income Tax Holiday, Aggregate Dollar Amount 9,900,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayAggregateDollarAmount
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= country_IN
       
Income Tax Holiday, Income Tax Benefits Per Share $ 0.170us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_IN
       
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance, Noncurrent 22,460,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_IN
18,640,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNetNoncurrent
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_IN
     
India | Minimum Alternative Tax (“MAT”)          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Foreign statutory income tax rate 20.97%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtForeignStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_IN
/ ebix_IncomeTaxTypeAxis
= ebix_MinimumAlternativeTaxMatMember
       
Foreign income tax holiday, term 10 years        
Income Taxes Paid 3,820,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_IN
/ ebix_IncomeTaxTypeAxis
= ebix_MinimumAlternativeTaxMatMember
       
Singapore          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Foreign statutory income tax rate 17.00%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtForeignStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_SG
       
Foreign effective income tax rate 10.00%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtForeignEffectiveIncomeTaxRate
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_SG
       
Income Tax Holiday, Aggregate Dollar Amount 2,500,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayAggregateDollarAmount
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_SG
       
Income Tax Holiday, Income Tax Benefits Per Share $ 0.070us-gaap_IncomeTaxHolidayIncomeTaxBenefitsPerShare
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= country_SG
       
Subsequent Event          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Income Tax Audit, Cash Settlement       20,500,000ebix_IncomeTaxAuditCashSettlement
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
 
Income Tax Examination, Penalties and Interest Accrued       1,600,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExaminationPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
 
Tax Adjustments, Settlements, and Unusual Provisions       (1,500,000)us-gaap_TaxAdjustmentsSettlementsAndUnusualProvisions
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
 
IRS Settlement – net of FIN 48 reserve reversals [Member]          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Provision for income taxes from discrete items 480,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_IRSSettlementnetofFIN48reservereversalsMember
0us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
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0us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_IRSSettlementnetofFIN48reservereversalsMember
   
2013 Income tax return amendment [Member]          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Provision for income taxes from discrete items 1,891,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_A2013IncometaxreturnamendmentMember
0us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_A2013IncometaxreturnamendmentMember
0us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_A2013IncometaxreturnamendmentMember
   
FIN 48 reserve additions [Member]          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Provision for income taxes from discrete items 9,798,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_FIN48reserveadditionsMember
6,817,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_FIN48reserveadditionsMember
2,745,000us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_FIN48reserveadditionsMember
   
Reconciliation of the tax payable liability accounts for our various subsidiaries to the income tax returns filed in those jurisdictions [Member]          
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]          
Provision for income taxes from discrete items $ (3,138,000)us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_ReconciliationofthetaxpayableliabilityaccountsforourvarioussubsidiariestotheincometaxreturnsfiledinthosejurisdictionsMember
$ 0us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_ReconciliationofthetaxpayableliabilityaccountsforourvarioussubsidiariestotheincometaxreturnsfiledinthosejurisdictionsMember
$ (1,300,000)us-gaap_OtherTaxExpenseBenefit
/ ebix_OtherTaxExpenseBenefitTypeAxis
= ebix_ReconciliationofthetaxpayableliabilityaccountsforourvarioussubsidiariestotheincometaxreturnsfiledinthosejurisdictionsMember