Income Statement - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 17,489,560	$ 17,157,319	$ 52,345,184	$ 47,508,420
Net investment income	8,361,466	8,089,857	25,559,113	23,484,280
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	2,717,311	2,776,023	9,356,659	9,541,950
Realized gains (losses) on investments and other assets	(319,666)	(39,169)	713,066	179,296
Other than temporary impairments on investments	(163,375)	(30,000)	(481,741)	(133,630)
Mortgage fee income	41,597,573	53,195,763	122,086,734	146,967,246
Other income	2,288,982	1,798,864	6,393,691	4,944,670
Total revenues	71,971,851	82,948,657	215,972,706	232,492,232
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	8,772,153	7,250,100	26,113,770	22,410,230
Surrenders and other policy benefits	547,648	630,735	2,085,296	1,709,915
Increase in future policy benefits	6,735,141	6,382,949	17,669,279	15,777,008
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	2,238,955	2,301,107	6,271,763	6,221,495
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions	18,999,583	24,395,173	53,877,389	68,214,894
Personnel	17,200,315	17,755,070	53,754,920	52,535,277
Advertising	1,611,599	2,006,013	4,407,877	5,053,968
Rent and rent related	2,257,259	2,122,708	6,693,292	6,235,430
Depreciation on property and equipment	517,041	528,051	1,723,879	1,585,995
Provision for loan loss reserve		600,000		600,000
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	2,809,471	2,365,395	7,315,227	6,956,774
Other expenses	7,035,570	8,075,906	22,227,370	21,388,693
Interest expense	1,655,870	1,476,137	4,295,263	3,775,483
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	453,229	485,783	1,507,295	1,396,574
Total benefits and expenses	70,833,834	76,375,127	207,942,620	213,861,736
Earnings before income taxes	1,138,017	6,573,530	8,030,086	18,630,496
Income tax expense	(41,179)	(2,390,525)	(2,587,384)	(6,892,544)
Net earnings	$ 1,096,838	$ 4,183,005	$ 5,442,702	$ 11,737,952
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share (1)	$ 0.07	$ 0.28	$ 0.36	$ 0.80
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution (1)	$ 0.07	$ 0.27	$ 0.35	$ 0.77
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common share outstanding (1)	15,256,857	14,830,078	15,159,569	14,744,779
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution (1)	15,542,660	15,269,613	15,474,826	15,166,045