Segment Information Selected Financial Information By Segment (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment	1
Insurance And Other Services Revenue	$ 122,784,916	$ 118,591,491	$ 122,161,089
Investment income – interest and dividends	4,531,319	4,259,501	3,894,608
Net realized (loss) gain on investments	(116,163)	268,294	195,800
Total Revenues	127,200,072	123,119,286	126,251,497
Operating expenses	109,423,019	109,630,788	104,708,759
Income (loss) before income taxes	17,777,053	13,488,498	21,542,738
Total assets	211,522,029	198,039,210	188,305,816
Title Insurance
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Insurance And Other Services Revenue	118,144,981	114,279,532	118,153,904
Investment income – interest and dividends	4,073,857	3,835,209	3,599,106
Net realized (loss) gain on investments	(13,603)	213,709	225,661
Total Revenues	122,205,235	118,328,450	121,978,671
Operating expenses	104,594,829	105,290,627	99,899,804
Income (loss) before income taxes	17,610,406	13,037,823	22,078,867
Total assets	163,582,898	153,072,950	146,110,146
All Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Insurance And Other Services Revenue	6,479,484	5,904,059	5,507,069
Investment income – interest and dividends	574,132	517,628	388,838
Net realized (loss) gain on investments	(102,560)	54,585	(29,861)
Total Revenues	6,951,056	6,476,272	5,866,046
Operating expenses	6,598,055	5,862,577	6,239,155
Income (loss) before income taxes	353,001	613,695	(373,109)
Total assets	47,939,131	44,966,260	42,195,670
Intersegment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Insurance And Other Services Revenue	(1,839,549)	(1,592,100)	(1,499,884)
Investment income – interest and dividends	(116,670)	(93,336)	(93,336)
Net realized (loss) gain on investments	0	0	0
Total Revenues	(1,956,219)	(1,685,436)	(1,593,220)
Operating expenses	(1,769,865)	(1,522,416)	(1,430,200)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(186,354)	(163,020)	(163,020)
Total assets	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0