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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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, 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 totaled $46,507 and $155,107 in 2022 and 2021, respectively. 

National Western holds an investment totaling approximately 9.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Moody Bancshares, Inc. at December 31, 2022 and the Three R Trusts owns a majority of the issued and outstanding shares. 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). 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 $486,813 and $536,101 were paid to MNB with respect to these services in 2022 and 2021, respectively. The Company maintains an office space lease with MNB and made payments totaling $32,101 and $32,101 in 2022 and 2021, respectively, under this lease.

American National Group, Inc. ("American National") was previously a related party until it was acquired by Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners Ltd. in the second quarter of 2022. Related party transaction totals with American National disclosed here for 2022 cover the period prior to the acquisition. National Western paid American National $116,314 and $642,099 in 2022 and 2021, respectively, in premiums for certain company sponsored benefit plans and $1,506,422 and $3,021,197 in 2022 and 2021, respectively, in reimbursements for claim costs for which American National provides third party administrative services. American National paid National Western $1,569,190 and $3,147,080 in 2022 and 2021, 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 $29,753 and $58,032 was paid in 2022 and 2021, respectively, for services. Robert L. Moody, Sr., served as Chairman Emeritus and Ross R. Moody served as a non-executive Chairman of the Board of American National. E. Douglas McLeod and E. J. Pederson, members of the NWLGI Board of Directors, were 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 was no longer a related party transaction at December 31, 2022. The mortgage loan investment had a balance of $17.9 million as of December 31, 2021, which is reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Todd M. Wallace serves as a director of NWLGI. Mr. Wallace is the President of the Central Texas Region of Jones, Lang, LaSalle Brokerage, Inc. ("JLL"). Braker P III, LLC, a subsidiary of National Western, entered into a leasing agent agreement with JLL in 2022 under which payments were made totaling $180,208 in 2022. Ozark National also entered into a services agreement with JLL in 2022, and no payments were made under that agreement in 2022.