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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONSRobert L. Moody, Jr. ("Mr. Moody, Jr.") is the brother of Ross R. Moody, NWLGI's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, son of Robert L. Moody, Sr., Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of NWLGI, the stepson of Ann M. Moody who serves as a director of NWLGI, brother of Russell S. Moody who serves as an advisory director of NWLGI, and a half-brother of Frances A. Moody-Dahlberg who serves as a director of NWLGI.
Mr. Moody, Jr. wholly owns an insurance marketing organization that maintains agency contracts with National Western pursuant to which agency commissions are paid in accordance with standard commission schedules. Mr. Moody, Jr. also maintains an independent agent contract with National Western for policies personally sold under which commissions are also paid in accordance with standard commission schedules. Commissions paid under these agency contracts aggregated approximately $155,107 and $182,957 in 2021 and 2020, respectively. 

Management fees totaling $2,000 and $0 were paid to Regent Management Services, Limited Partnership ("RMS") for services provided to downstream nursing home subsidiaries of NWLGI in 2021 and 2020, respectively. These nursing home operations were sold by the Company during 2019. RMS is 1% owned by general partner RCC Management Services, Inc. ("RCC"), and 99% owned by limited partner, the Three R Trusts. RCC is 100% owned by the Three R Trusts. The Three R Trusts are four separate Texas trusts for the benefit of the children of Robert L. Moody, Sr. (Robert L. Moody, Jr., Ross R. Moody, Russell S. Moody, and Frances A. Moody-Dahlberg).  

National Western holds an investment totaling approximately 9.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Moody Bancshares, Inc. at December 31, 2021 and the Three R Trusts owns a majority of the issued and outstanding shares. Moody Bancshares, Inc. owns 100% of the outstanding shares of Moody Bank Holding Company, Inc., which owns approximately 98.5% of the outstanding shares of The Moody National Bank of Galveston ("MNB"). Ross R. Moody and Frances A. Moody-Dahlberg are members of the Board of Directors of Moody Bancshares, Inc. National Western utilizes MNB for certain bank custodian services as well as for certain administrative services with respect to its defined benefit plan. Fees totaling $536,101 and $582,150 were paid to MNB with respect to these services in 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company maintains an office space lease with MNB and made payments totaling $32,101 and $32,101 in 2021 and 2020, respectively, under this lease.

National Western paid American National Group, Inc. (“American National”) $642,099 and $840,802 in 2021 and 2020, respectively, in premiums for certain company sponsored benefit plans and $3,021,197 and $2,635,164 in 2021 and 2020, respectively, in reimbursements for claim costs for which American National provides third party administrative services. American National paid National Western $3,147,080 and $2,744,962 in 2021 and 2020, respectively, in premiums for its company sponsored benefit plans. National Western maintained an investment agreement with American National Registered Investment Advisory, Inc., a subsidiary of American National, under which $58,032 and $47,778 was paid in 2021 and 2020, respectively, for services. Robert L. Moody, Sr., serves as Chairman Emeritus and Ross R. Moody serves as a non-executive Chairman of the Board of American National. Anne M. Moody, E. Douglas McLeod, and E. J. Pederson, members of the NWLGI Board of Directors, are also members of the American National Board of Directors.

During 2015, American National sold a 24.93% undivided participation in a mortgage loan to The Westcap Corporation for $20.0 million. The Westcap Corporation will receive 24.93% of all future cash receipts, which will be recognized over the life of the loan. This mortgage loan investment had a balance of $17.9 million and $18.5 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which is reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.