Consolidated Statement of Changes in Redeemable Preferred Stock and Shareholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Total	Preferred Stock	Common Stock	Retained Earnings (Accumulated deficit)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Total Conifer Holdings Shareholders' Equity	Noncontrolling Interest	Former Preferred Stockholders	Former Preferred Stockholders Common Stock	Former Preferred Stockholders Total Conifer Holdings Shareholders' Equity	Pre IPO	[1]	Pre IPO Common Stock	[1]	Pre IPO Total Conifer Holdings Shareholders' Equity	[1]	IPO	[1]	IPO Common Stock	[1]	IPO Total Conifer Holdings Shareholders' Equity	[1]	Private Placement	Private Placement Common Stock	Private Placement Total Conifer Holdings Shareholders' Equity	Redeemable Preferred Stock
Redeemable preferred stock, beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014																											60,600
Redeemable preferred stock, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2014																											$ 6,119
Increase (Decrease) in Temporary Equity [Roll Forward]
Reclassification of redeemable preferred stock to permanent equity (in shares)			(60,600)																								(60,600)
Reclassification of redeemable preferred stock to permanent equity		$ 6,180	$ 6,180				$ 6,180																				$ (6,180)
Redeemable preferred stock, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015																											0
Redeemable preferred stock, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015																											$ 0
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014			0	3,995,013
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2014		44,159	$ 0	$ 46,119	$ (3,095)	$ 1,158	44,182	$ (23)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)		(17)			64		64	(81)
Issuance of stock (in shares)										294,450				55,029						3,300,000
Issuance of stock									$ 3,092	$ 3,092	$ 3,092	$ 750		$ 750		$ 750		$ 32,224		$ 32,224		$ 32,224
Paid-in-kind dividends		(61)	$ 95	(156)			(61)																				$ 61
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock		(384)		(384)			(384)
Reclassification of redeemable preferred stock to permanent equity (in shares)			60,600																								60,600
Reclassification of redeemable preferred stock to permanent equity		6,180	$ 6,180				6,180																				$ (6,180)
IPO expenses	[1]	(1,837)		(1,837)			(1,837)
Repurchase of preferred stock (in shares)			(60,600)
Repurchase of preferred stock		(6,275)	$ (6,275)				(6,275)
RSU expense	[2]	303		$ 303			303
Deconsolidation of affiliate		104						104
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(976)				(976)	(976)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015			0	7,644,492
Balance at end of period at Dec. 31, 2015		77,262	$ 0	$ 80,111	(3,031)	182	77,262	0
Redeemable preferred stock, ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016																											0
Redeemable preferred stock, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2016																											$ 0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)		(8,437)					(8,437)
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock		0
Repurchase of preferred stock (in shares)				(88,650)
Repurchase of preferred stock		(625)		$ (625)			(625)
RSU expense (in shares)	[2]			77,228
RSU expense	[2]	856		$ 856			856
Deconsolidation of affiliate		(400)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(1,262)				(1,262)	(1,262)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016			0	7,633,070.00
Balance at end of period at Dec. 31, 2016		67,794	$ 0	$ 80,342	(11,468)	(1,080)	67,794	0
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)		(21,542)			(21,542)		(21,542)	0
Issuance of stock (in shares)	[1]																								800,000
Issuance of stock	[1]																							$ 5,000	$ 5,000	$ 5,000
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock		0
IPO expenses	[1]	(38)		$ (38)			(38)
Deconsolidation of affiliate		750
RSU expense, net (in shares)	[2]			87,258
RSU expense, net	[2]	895		$ 895			895
Other comprehensive income (loss)		717				717	717
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017				8,520,328.000
Balance at end of period at Dec. 31, 2017		$ 52,826		$ 86,199	$ (33,010)	$ (363)	$ 52,826	$ 0

[1] "IPO" - initial public offering

[2] "RSU" - restricted stock units