Statutory Reporting and Dividend Restrictions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Statutory Reporting and Dividend Restrictions [Abstract]
Statutory Reporting and Dividend Restrictions Disclosure [Table Text Block]	Statutory Reporting and Dividend Restrictions The Company's insurance subsidiaries may pay dividends to the Company, subject to statutory restrictions. Payments in excess of statutory restrictions (extraordinary dividends) to the Company are permitted only with prior approval of the insurance departments of the applicable state of domicile. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, $1.4 million in ordinary dividends were paid. In 2010, Life of the South Insurance Company received approval from the insurance department of its state of domicile to pay extraordinary dividends of $1.3 million, to the Company. Also in 2010, Insurance Company of the South received approval from the insurance department of its state of domicile to pay an extraordinary dividend of $1.7 million, with 30% to Life of the South Insurance Company and 70% to the Company. All dividends from subsidiaries were eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. The combined statutory capital and surplus of the Company's insurance subsidiaries was $49.7 million and $46.2 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The combined amount available for ordinary dividends of the Company's insurance subsidiaries was $1.9 million and $1.6 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The Company's insurance subsidiaries are required by the laws of the states in which they are domiciled to maintain certain statutory capital and surplus levels. The required minimum statutory capital and surplus totaled $13.0 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") Risk-Based Capital Act of 1995, a company's risk-based capital ("RBC") is calculated by applying certain risk factors to various asset, claims and reserve items. If a company's adjusted surplus falls below calculated RBC thresholds, regulatory intervention or oversight is required. The insurance companies' RBC level as calculated in accordance with the NAIC's RBC instructions exceeded all RBC thresholds as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

Statutory Reporting and Dividend Restrictions

The Company's insurance subsidiaries may pay dividends to the Company, subject to statutory restrictions. Payments in excess of statutory restrictions (extraordinary dividends) to the Company are permitted only with prior approval of the insurance departments of the applicable state of domicile. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, $1.4 million in ordinary dividends were paid. In 2010, Life of the South Insurance Company received approval from the insurance department of its state of domicile to pay extraordinary dividends of $1.3 million, to the Company. Also in 2010, Insurance Company of the South received approval from the insurance department of its state of domicile to pay an extraordinary dividend of $1.7 million, with 30% to Life of the South Insurance Company and 70% to the Company. All dividends from subsidiaries were eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

The combined statutory capital and surplus of the Company's insurance subsidiaries was $49.7 million and $46.2 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The combined amount available for ordinary dividends of the Company's insurance subsidiaries was $1.9 million and $1.6 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

The Company's insurance subsidiaries are required by the laws of the states in which they are domiciled to maintain certain statutory capital and surplus levels. The required minimum statutory capital and surplus totaled $13.0 million as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") Risk-Based Capital Act of 1995, a company's risk-based capital ("RBC") is calculated by applying certain risk factors to various asset, claims and reserve items. If a company's adjusted surplus falls below calculated RBC thresholds, regulatory intervention or oversight is required. The insurance companies' RBC level as calculated in accordance with the NAIC's RBC instructions exceeded all RBC thresholds as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.