Notes Payable (Details) (USD $)				3 Months Ended												3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Bankers Life of Louisiana [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Southern Financial Life Insurance Company [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Insurance Company of the South [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Lyndon Southern Insurance Company [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Life of the South Insurance Company [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Response Indemnity Company of California [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. credit facility, [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. credit facility, [Member]		Mar. 31, 2014 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. credit facility, [Member] Long-term Debt [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Synovus Bank, Line of credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Synovus Bank, Line of credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Synovus Bank, Line of credit [Member] London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]	Apr. 11, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] Well Fargo Bank, N. A. credit facility, 2014 amendment [Member] Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Covenant Compliance, Total Leverage Ratio					3.25
Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]
Notes payable	$ 13,165,000		$ 3,273,000									$ 7,067,000	[1]	$ 0			$ 6,098,000	$ 3,273,000
Maximum balance allowed												100,000,000	[1]	75,000,000			15,000,000	15,000,000
Interest rate at the end of the respective period												4.25%		0.00%	[2]		3.24%	3.24%
Maturities of Long-term Debt [Abstract]
Remainder of 2014	6,098,000
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
Thereafter (1)	7,067,000	[3]
Total maturities	13,165,000
Long-term Line of Credit [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity																				100,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Initiation Date																Aug. 02, 2012	Oct. 09, 2013			Apr. 11, 2014
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date																	Apr. 30, 2017			Aug. 02, 2019
Debt Instrument, Face Amount																				10,000,000
Letters of Credit, Available																				10,000,000
Line of Credit, Incremental Amount Available																				50,000,000
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate																			3.00%	0.35%
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage, Reduction in Rate																				0.05%
Amount of receivables eligible to be financed under the line of credit, percent																	90.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Minimum Availability Requirement																	500,000
Financing Receivable, Gross																	$ 9,800,000
Long-term debt, financial covenants [Abstract]
Covenant Requirement, fixed charge coverage ratio				2.00
Covenant Requirement, reinsurance ratio				50.00%
Covenant Requirement, RBC ratio						250.00%	250.00%	250.00%	250.00%	250.00%	250.00%
Total Leverage Ratio - Well Fargo Bank, credit facility	0.84
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio-Wells Fargo, credit facility	3.51
Reinsurance Ratio-Wells Fargo Bank, credit facility	68.00%
RBC Ratio - Bankers Life of Louisiana			435.00%
RBC Ratio - Southern Financial Life Insurance Company			2096.00%
RBC Ratio - Insurance Company of the South			366.00%
RBC Ratio - Lyndon Southern Insurance Company			305.00%
RBC Ratio - Life of the South Insurance Company			430.00%
RBC Ratio - Response Indemnity Corporation of California			39754.00%

[1] (1) - The maturity date was extended to August 2, 2019 and the maximum balance was increased to $100.0 million, effective April 11, 2014.

[2] (2) - At December 31, 2013 the Company had no borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Facility, thus no interest rate can be defined.

[3] (1) - Effective April 11, 2014, the maturity date was extended to August 2, 2019.