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Income Taxes (Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Statutory tax rate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State income taxes, net of federal benefit 0.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes (0.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 0.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Acquisition contingent earnout liability adjustments (4.60%)ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAcquisitionContingentEarnoutLiabilityAdjustmentPercent (5.00%)ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAcquisitionContingentEarnoutLiabilityAdjustmentPercent (0.40%)ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAcquisitionContingentEarnoutLiabilityAdjustmentPercent
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Other Adjustments, Percent 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (1.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Effective tax rate from ongoing operations 9.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 4.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 6.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Effective tax rate after discrete items 17.90%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateAfterDiscreteItems 15.50%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateAfterDiscreteItems 9.60%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateAfterDiscreteItems
Net operating loss carryforwards (NOL) [Member]      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Discrete Items (1.00%)ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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0.00%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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0.00%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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IRS Settlement – net of FIN 48 reserve reversals [Member]      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Discrete Items 0.60%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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0.00%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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2013 Income tax return amendment [Member]      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Discrete Items 2.40%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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FIN 48 reserve additions [Member]      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Discrete Items 12.70%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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9.70%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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3.50%ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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Reconciliation of the tax payable liability accounts for our various subsidiaries to the income tax returns filed in those jurisdictions [Member]      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Discrete Items (4.10%)ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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(1.70%)ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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Singapore      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Tax impact of foreign subsidiaries (primarily in Singapore) (4.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
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(6.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
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= country_SG
(8.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential
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Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Tax Credit, Research, Percent 1.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch
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1.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch
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1.30%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsResearch
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Singapore | Certain discrete tax impacts from foreign subsidiaries [Member]      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Discrete Items (2.20%)ebix_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDiscreteItems
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India      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Tax holiday - India (Permanent Difference) (12.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays
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(15.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays
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(15.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxHolidays
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Sweden      
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rates Reconciliation [Line Items]      
Passive income exemption - Sweden (Permanent Difference) (3.20%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome
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(3.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome
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(3.10%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxExemptIncome
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