Stockholders' Equity and Restrictions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Statutory Accounting Practices Disclosure

The table below shows the combined total of all of our insurance subsidiaries' capital and surplus and net income (loss) for life insurance operations and property insurance operations, although these amounts are not all available as dividends to Citizens, Inc., because only CICA is directly owned by Citizens, Inc. All other subsidiaries are owned by CICA.



	Years ended December 31,
	2017		2016
Combined Statutory Stockholders' Equity	(In thousands)

Life insurance operations	$	28,101	28,009
Property insurance operations	7,029		6,863
Total statutory equity	$	35,130	34,872



	Years ended December 31,
	2017		2016	2015
Combined Statutory Net Income (Loss)	(In thousands)

Life insurance operations	$	4,179	11,987	(7,972	)
Property insurance operations	152		401	607
Total statutory net income (loss)	$	4,331	12,388	(7,365	)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of how the entity's reporting under GAAP as of the balance sheet date differs from the results based on prescribed and permitted accounting practices of the state or country of domicile in which a relevant statutory filing is made, or differences in results based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) prescribed practices, or a combination thereof. Describes the accounting practices used and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus, net income, and risk-based capital. If an insurance enterprise's risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event had it not used a permitted practice, that fact is disclosed in the financial statements. Permitted statutory accounting practices include practices not prescribed but allowed by the domiciliary state insurance department regulatory authority.

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