Income Statement - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 17,357,124	$ 14,451,575
Net investment income	9,563,282	8,992,191
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	3,358,973	3,245,856
Realized gains on investments and other assets	145,330	97,922
Other than temporary impairments on investments	(52,139)	(73,630)
Mortgage fee income	37,050,926	39,110,967
Other income	2,028,873	1,530,426
Total revenues	69,452,369	67,355,307
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	8,794,598	7,824,001
Surrenders and other policy benefits	857,531	518,321
Increase in future policy benefits	5,182,449	4,160,260
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	2,264,039	2,212,836
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions	15,721,074	16,842,270
Personnel	18,589,687	17,197,372
Advertising	1,310,674	1,078,010
Rent and rent related	2,139,538	2,064,325
Depreciation on property and equipment	625,812	521,455
Provision for loan loss reserve	426,634	586,778
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	2,065,134	2,154,397
Other expenses	7,430,951	6,480,711
Interest expense	1,254,039	1,064,195
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	521,919	458,619
Total benefits and expenses	67,184,079	63,163,550
Earnings before income taxes	2,268,290	4,191,757
Income tax expense	(799,826)	(1,580,220)
Net earnings	$ 1,468,464	$ 2,611,537
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share (1)	$ 0.10	$ 0.18
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution (1)	$ 0.09	$ 0.17
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common share outstanding (1)	15,058,153	14,656,450
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution (1)	15,527,996	15,112,278