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Regulatory and Legal Developments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Jun. 11, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Plaintiff
Aug. 05, 2013
Plaintiff
Hurst Financial Loans Litigation      
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]      
Litigation settlement $ 10.53us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansLitigationMember
   
Hurst Financial Loans Litigation | Settled Litigation      
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]      
Number of plaintiffs 500us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffs
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansLitigationMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= stc_SettledLitigationMember
   
Percent of total plaintiffs (more than) 90.00%stc_LossContingencyPercentofPlaintiffGroup
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansLitigationMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= stc_SettledLitigationMember
   
Hurst Financial Loans Litigation | Pending Litigation      
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]      
Number of plaintiffs   2us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffs
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansLitigationMember
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= us-gaap_PendingLitigationMember
 
Bellwether Trials      
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]      
Number of plaintiffs     8us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffs
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansBellwetherTrialsMember
Bellwether Jury Trial Claim Selected by Plaintiffs      
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]      
Bellwether jury trial claims pending     4us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansBellwetherTrialsSelectedbyPlaintiffsMember
Bellwether Jury Trial Claim Selected by Defendants      
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]      
Bellwether jury trial claims pending     4us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansBellwetherTrialsSelectedbyDefendantsMember
Hurst Financial Loans, Bellwether Trials, Including Stewart Title Company      
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]      
Number of plaintiffs     1us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfPlaintiffs
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= stc_HurstFinancialLoansBellwetherTrialsIncludingStewartTitleCompanyMember