CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (Unaudited) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations		$ 23,766,576	$ 19,832,492	$ 68,982,561	$ 58,504,712
Net investment income		14,709,142	10,478,566	41,072,386	31,061,069
Net mortuary and cemetery sales		5,371,715	3,526,416	14,530,584	11,205,774
Gains (losses) on investments and other assets		800,507	(519,673)	(173,461)	261,095
Mortgage fee income		98,559,624	39,735,752	212,209,718	97,161,190
Other Revenues		2,997,001	2,326,106	7,853,468	7,124,836
Total revenues		146,204,565	75,379,659	344,475,256	205,318,676
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits		16,026,897	9,937,711	43,021,247	29,264,410
Surrenders and other policy benefits		1,056,318	636,366	2,964,984	2,266,275
Increase in future policy benefits		4,892,972	5,980,721	18,534,848	17,407,962
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired		4,239,935	3,477,160	10,781,658	9,678,912
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions		37,761,992	16,714,061	81,555,823	40,243,042
Personnel		21,700,446	16,287,957	60,959,099	47,018,553
Advertising		1,607,138	1,361,745	3,842,296	3,566,823
Rent and rent related		1,797,161	1,749,402	5,074,755	5,377,869
Depreciation on property and equipment		516,243	421,970	1,550,526	1,294,576
Costs related to funding mortgage loans		3,057,276	1,917,390	7,392,373	4,831,604
Other		11,701,986	9,355,218	33,080,916	25,154,712
Interest expense		2,363,169	2,078,733	6,063,218	5,353,177
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries		899,101	701,403	2,401,592	2,044,937
Total benefits and expenses		107,620,634	70,619,837	277,223,335	193,502,852
Earnings before income taxes		38,583,931	4,759,822	67,251,921	11,815,824
Income tax expense		(9,279,162)	(1,142,408)	(15,965,656)	(2,788,038)
Net earnings		$ 29,304,769	$ 3,617,414	$ 51,286,265	$ 9,027,786
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share		$ 1.55	$ 0.19	$ 2.73	$ 0.49
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution		$ 1.51	$ 0.19	$ 2.68	$ 0.48
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common share outstanding		18,873,886	18,551,116	18,760,884	18,560,874
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution	[1]	19,433,619	18,755,091	19,164,890	18,769,435

[1] Net earnings per share amounts have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of annual stock dividends.