REINSURANCE (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Reinsurance [Line Items]
Retention amount limit	$ 125,000
Gross insurance in force	1,600,000,000	1,700,000,000
Gross insurance ceded to reinsurers	335,000,000	401,000,000
Retention limit amount of reinsurers	100,000
Cession on retention limit	25,000
Percentage of reinsurers in force on accidental death benefits (in hundredths)	100.00%
Percentage of future results sold (in hundredths)	100.00%
Percentage in terms of reinsurance reserve credit (in hundredths)	63.00%	64.00%
Percentage of reserves and liabilities (in hundredths)	25.00%
Effect of long duration reinsurance contracts on premiums earned [Abstract]
Direct	13,242,000	14,049,000
Assumed	35,000	33,000
Ceded	(3,366,000)	(3,935,000)
Net Premiums	9,911,000	10,147,000
Independent Order of Vikings (IOV) [Member]
Reinsurance [Line Items]
Remaining balance from gross insurance in force	1,579,000	1,582,000
Gross insurance in force, Reserve	358,000	365,000
Canada Life Assurance Company [Member]
Reinsurance [Line Items]
Remaining balance from gross insurance in force	7,433,000	52,560,000
Gross insurance in force, Reserve	$ 0	$ 34,193,000
Quota share of new issues percentage (in hundredths)	15.00%