Revenues (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Summary of operating revenues

The Company's operating revenues, summarized by type, are as follows:

	Three Months Ended   September 30,		Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2019	2018	2019	2018
	($000 omitted)
Title insurance premiums:
Direct	174,635	152,739	448,920	444,447
Agency	254,155	272,875	699,835	756,986
Escrow fees	38,666	32,649	100,570	95,984
Search, abstract and valuation services	20,922	24,105	63,109	71,006
Other revenues	19,473	16,868	52,307	50,239
	507,851	499,236	1,364,741	1,418,662