Income Statement (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 12,045,553	$ 11,823,557	$ 36,915,237	$ 36,409,158
Net investment income	5,732,572	5,107,590	17,924,518	14,095,396
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	2,619,605	2,442,221	8,121,244	8,146,824
Realized gains on investments and other assets	222,621	226,480	580,607	1,829,136
Other than temporary impairments on investments	(440,315)	(30,000)	(530,315)	(95,129)
Mortgage fee income	43,294,916	21,517,970	103,872,556	50,615,851
Other income	272,951	236,869	715,490	962,049
Total revenues	63,747,903	41,324,687	167,599,337	111,963,285
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	5,914,468	5,303,622	16,024,565	16,588,193
Surrenders and other policy benefits	453,838	398,556	1,566,828	1,425,175
Increase in future policy benefits	4,806,944	5,153,073	15,743,504	14,680,267
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	1,930,760	1,863,959	5,804,495	5,819,497
Commissions	23,486,730	13,268,027	58,766,750	30,417,508
Salaries	7,344,712	5,690,438	20,664,919	17,593,130
Provision for loan losses and loss reserve	1,763,090	466,025	3,263,437	1,573,360
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	1,980,512	1,219,729	5,141,164	3,065,563
Other expenses	8,328,740	6,191,082	23,033,728	18,491,242
Interest expense	1,142,428	497,714	2,758,313	1,191,356
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	463,386	437,972	1,334,369	1,464,908
Total benefits and expenses	57,615,608	40,490,197	154,102,072	112,310,199
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	6,132,295	834,490	13,497,265	(346,914)
Income tax (provision) benefit	(2,142,249)	(64,168)	(4,252,003)	803,630
Net earnings	$ 3,990,046	$ 770,322	$ 9,245,262	$ 456,716
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share (1)	$ 0.42	$ 0.08	$ 0.97	$ 0.05
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution (1)	$ 0.38	$ 0.08	$ 0.97	$ 0.05
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common share outstanding (1)	9,585,285	9,390,822	9,540,631	9,258,945
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution (1)	10,439,161	9,408,180	9,553,397	9,284,488