CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (Unaudited) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Revenues:
Mortgage fee income		$ 72,998,612	$ 40,281,761
Insurance premiums and other considerations		23,350,210	22,291,276
Net investment income		14,293,887	13,400,499
Net mortuary and cemetery sales		5,942,126	4,458,091
Gains (losses) on investments and other assets		1,960,113	(3,212,247)
Other Revenues		4,113,658	2,389,569
Total revenues		122,658,606	79,608,949
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits		18,312,006	13,407,627
Surrenders and other policy benefits		1,077,644	1,070,475
Increase in future policy benefits		4,254,658	7,038,033
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired		3,576,865	3,515,057
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions		32,729,680	16,554,743
Personnel		24,371,505	18,719,998
Advertising		1,800,998	1,005,317
Rent and rent related		1,865,898	1,614,741
Depreciation on property and equipment		501,645	516,213
Costs related to funding mortgage loans		2,937,225	1,956,282
Other		11,949,864	10,075,542
Interest expense		1,825,599	1,818,609
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries		1,099,964	842,078
Total benefits and expenses		106,303,551	78,134,715
Earnings before income taxes		16,355,055	1,474,234
Income tax expense		(4,226,340)	(49,785)
Net earnings		$ 12,128,715	$ 1,424,449
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share	[1]	$ 0.63	$ 0.08
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution	[1]	$ 0.61	$ 0.08
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding	[1]	19,124,001	18,641,950
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution	[1]	20,008,050	18,833,396

[1] Net earnings per share amounts have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of annual stock dividends. The weighted-average shares outstanding includes the weighted-average Class A common shares and the weighted-average Class C common shares determined on an equivalent Class A common stock basis. Net earnings per common share represent net earnings per equivalent Class A common share.