Income Statement - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 19,190,831	$ 17,498,500	$ 38,001,189	$ 34,855,624
Net investment income	9,741,965	8,322,307	19,816,396	17,338,683
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	3,551,109	3,280,375	6,783,838	6,639,348
Gains on investments and other assets	2,328,229	887,402	24,349,168	1,032,732
Other than temporary impairments on investments		(266,227)		(318,366)
Mortgage fee income	31,709,080	41,514,401	57,169,240	80,489,161
Other revenues	2,343,912	2,075,836	4,821,404	4,104,709
Total revenues	68,865,126	73,312,594	150,941,235	144,141,891
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	9,355,157	8,547,019	18,963,255	17,341,617
Surrenders and other policy benefits	695,906	680,117	1,506,034	1,537,648
Increase in future policy benefits	6,149,027	5,366,096	11,733,963	10,934,138
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	2,110,782	1,768,769	5,220,715	4,032,808
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions	14,459,722	18,522,758	25,742,123	34,877,806
Personnel	16,905,714	18,105,954	33,472,402	36,695,641
Advertising	1,194,086	1,485,604	2,223,677	2,796,278
Rent and rent related	1,929,133	2,212,037	3,892,483	4,436,033
Depreciation on property and equipment	491,626	581,026	968,657	1,206,838
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	2,045,659	2,286,107	3,414,940	4,505,756
Other expenses	7,135,844	7,845,307	13,946,168	15,191,800
Interest expense	1,679,841	1,385,354	3,441,518	2,639,393
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	550,398	532,147	1,065,888	1,054,066
Total benefits and expenses	64,702,895	69,318,295	125,591,823	137,249,822
Earnings before income taxes	4,162,231	3,994,299	25,349,412	6,892,069
Income tax expense	(924,014)	(1,508,435)	(5,185,272)	(2,546,205)
Net earnings	$ 3,238,217	$ 2,485,864	$ 20,164,140	$ 4,345,864
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share (1)	$ 0.20	$ 0.16	$ 1.24	$ 0.27
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution (1)	$ 0.20	$ 0.15	$ 1.23	$ 0.27
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common share outstanding (1)	16,252,998	15,931,031	16,209,987	15,879,461
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution (1)	16,487,068	16,278,148	16,417,351	16,241,068