Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 19,027,002	$ 18,810,358
Net investment income	10,041,668	10,074,431
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	3,678,628	3,232,729
Gains on investments and other assets	1,806,661	22,020,939
Mortgage fee income	24,478,871	25,460,160
Other Revenues	2,461,005	2,477,492
Total revenues	61,493,835	82,076,109
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	10,077,903	9,608,098
Surrenders and other policy benefits	865,931	810,128
Increase in future policy benefits	5,751,130	5,584,936
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	3,128,274	3,109,933
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions	9,675,092	11,282,401
Personnel	15,031,336	16,566,688
Advertising	1,033,175	1,029,591
Rent and rent related	1,904,288	1,963,350
Depreciation on property and equipment	449,680	477,031
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	1,354,925	1,369,281
Other	7,645,127	6,810,324
Interest expense	1,491,887	1,761,677
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	652,928	515,490
Total benefits and expenses	59,061,676	60,888,928
Earnings before income taxes	2,432,159	21,187,181
Income tax expense	(501,841)	(4,261,258)
Net earnings	$ 1,930,318	$ 16,925,923
Earnings Per Share, Basic	$ 0.11	$ 1.00
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	$ 0.11	$ 0.99
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic	17,239,564	16,993,229
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	17,450,120	17,178,412