Investments In Securities (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014 security	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 security
Schedule of Fair Value of Separate Accounts by Major Category of Investment [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$ 11,954,175		$ 23,431,575
Number of securities with unrealized losses	19		26
Other-than-temporary impairment charges	0	0
Fixed Maturities
Schedule of Fair Value of Separate Accounts by Major Category of Investment [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	11,023,208		21,150,675
Unrealized losses	239,607		497,607
Equity Securities
Schedule of Fair Value of Separate Accounts by Major Category of Investment [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	930,967		2,280,900
Unrealized losses	$ 95,203		$ 109,084

Amount of accumulated pre-tax unrealized loss on securities classified as available-for-sale impacting investments.

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Number of securities with unrealized losses.

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This item represents the aggregate fair value of investments in debt and equity securities in an unrealized loss position which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 6

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The amount of other than temporary impairment losses on investments in debt and equity securities categorized as Available-for-sale which have been recognized in earnings during the period. Such impairment losses consist of other than temporary impairments (OTTI) on equity securities, credit losses on investments in debt securities, and when the entity intends to sell an impaired debt security or it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the impaired debt security before recovery of its amortized cost basis.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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