Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2014
	Life Insurance			Home Service		Other Non-Insurance Enterprises		Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Premiums	$	142,358		46,174		—		188,532
Net investment income	26,454			13,234		1,374		41,062
Realized investment gains (losses), net	(182		)	116		47		(19	)
Other income	504			29		117		650
Total revenue	169,134			59,553		1,538		230,225
Benefits and expenses:
Insurance benefits paid or provided:
Claims and surrenders	46,021			22,248		—		68,269
Increase in future policy benefit reserves	77,707			5,140		—		82,847
Policyholders' dividends	10,045			57		—		10,102
Total insurance benefits paid or provided	133,773			27,445		—		161,218
Commissions	28,863			15,158		—		44,021
Other general expenses	19,274			15,036		2,281		36,591
Capitalization of deferred policy acquisition costs	(26,242		)	(5,829	)	—		(32,071	)
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	17,759			3,305		—		21,064
Amortization of cost of customer relationships acquired	614			1,568		—		2,182
Total benefits and expenses	174,041			56,683		2,281		233,005
Income (loss) before income tax expense	$	(4,907	)	2,870		(743	)	(2,780	)

	December 31, 2013
	Life Insurance			Home Service		Other Non-Insurance Enterprises		Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Premiums	$	132,479		43,679		—		176,158
Net investment income	22,237			13,075		1,285		36,597
Realized investment losses, net	(222		)	(19	)	(6	)	(247	)
Other income	891			141		96		1,128
Total revenue	155,385			56,876		1,375		213,636
Benefits and expenses:
Insurance benefits paid or provided:
Claims and surrenders	42,908			21,519		—		64,427
Increase in future policy benefit reserves	71,100			3,120		—		74,220
Policyholders' dividends	9,400			70		—		9,470
Total insurance benefits paid or provided	123,408			24,709		—		148,117
Commissions	26,033			14,444		—		40,477
Other general expenses	11,326			12,739		2,525		26,590
Capitalization of deferred policy acquisition costs	(23,830		)	(5,568	)	—		(29,398	)
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	15,701			2,810		—		18,511
Amortization of cost of customer relationships acquired	693			1,715		—		2,408
Total benefits and expenses	153,331			50,849		2,525		206,705
Income (loss) before income tax expense	$	2,054		6,027		(1,150	)	6,931

	December 31, 2012
	Life Insurance			Home Service		Other Non-Insurance Enterprises		Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Premiums	$	126,032		43,841		—		169,873
Net investment income	17,828			12,724		1,173		31,725
Realized investment gains (losses), net	512			(343	)	27		196
Decrease in fair value of warrants	—			—		451		451
Other income	319			80		115		514
Total revenue	144,691			56,302		1,766		202,759
Benefits and expenses:
Insurance benefits paid or provided:
Claims and surrenders	43,537			21,119		—		64,656
Increase in future policy benefit reserves	63,481			3,195		—		66,676
Policyholders' dividends	8,846			245		—		9,091
Total insurance benefits paid or provided	115,864			24,559		—		140,423
Commissions	24,895			14,503		—		39,398
Other general expenses	10,961			12,089		2,614		25,664
Capitalization of deferred policy acquisition costs	(23,371		)	(5,703	)	—		(29,074	)
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs	15,077			2,768		—		17,845
Amortization of cost of customer relationships acquired	746			1,721		—		2,467
Total benefits and expenses	144,172			49,937		2,614		196,723
Income (loss) before income tax expense	$	519		6,365		(848	)	6,036

Assets [Table Text Block]

The table below summarizes assets by segment.

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Life Insurance	$	942,664	772,434
Home Service Insurance	395,531		373,432
Other Non-Insurance Enterprises	79,360		70,414
Total assets	$	1,417,555	1,216,280

Earned premium income by category [Table Text Block]

Major categories of earned premiums are summarized as follows:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013	2012
	(In thousands)
Premium income:
Ordinary life	$	181,596	169,667	162,070
Group life	261		16	1,100
Accident and health	1,557		1,529	1,635
Property	5,118		4,946	5,068
Total premium income	$	188,532	176,158	169,873

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

Geographic Information

The following table sets forth the Company's annual total of earned premiums from geographic area for the years indicated:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2014			2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Area:
United States	$	53,391		52,678		67,332
Venezuela	31,419			28,317		25,035
Colombia	27,687			24,724		23,010
Taiwan	16,817			15,678		14,879
Ecuador	15,484			14,962		14,064
Argentina	9,050			9,339		9,502
Other foreign countries	37,590			33,688		21,724
Net reinsurance	(2,906		)	(3,228	)	(5,673	)
Total	$	188,532		176,158		169,873