Policy Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Contract Claim Liabilities Acquired in Acquisition	$ 0	$ 40	$ 0
Policy claims payable at January 1	9,560,000	9,488,000	11,015,000
Reinsurance recoverable	950,000	686,000	1,188,000
Net balance policy claims payable at January 1	8,610,000	8,802,000	9,827,000
Claims incurred related to current year	26,911,000	24,541,000	24,575,000
Claims incurred related to prior years	(197,000)	(33,000)	(417,000.000)
Total claims incurred	26,714,000	24,508,000	24,158,000
Claims paid related to current year	19,584,000	17,691,000	17,443,000
Claims paid related to prior years	6,630,000	7,049,000	7,740,000
Total claims paid	26,214,000	24,740,000	25,183,000
Policy claims payable at December 31	9,653,000	9,560,000	9,488,000
Reinsurance recoverable	(543,000)	(950,000)	(686,000)
Net balance policy claims payable at December 31	9,110,000	8,610,000	8,802,000
Prior years claims payable to remediate IRC Section 7702		591,000.000
SPLIC subsidiary of CICA [Domain]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Claims incurred related to prior years	$ 197,000.000	$ 624,000.000
CICA Subsidiary of Citizens, Inc [Domain]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Claims incurred related to prior years			$ 417,000.000
Minimum [Member]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Liability for Future Policy Benefit by Product Segment, Interest Rate, Year of Issue	2.50%
Maximum [Member]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Liability for Future Policy Benefit by Product Segment, Interest Rate, Year of Issue	6.75%