Policy Liabilities (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Contract Claim Liabilities Acquired in Acquisition	$ 40,000	$ 0	$ 0
Policy claims payable at January 1	9,488,000	11,015,000	10,020,000
Reinsurance recoverable	686,000	1,188,000	1,171,000
Net balance policy claims payable at January 1	8,802,000	9,827,000	8,849,000
Claims incurred related to current year	24,541,000	24,575,000	26,094,000
Claims incurred related to prior years	(33,000)	(417,000)	(687,000)
Total claims incurred	24,508,000	24,158,000	25,407,000
Claims paid related to current year	17,691,000	17,443,000	18,302,000
Claims paid related to prior years	7,049,000	7,740,000	6,127,000
Total claims paid	24,740,000	25,183,000	24,429,000
Policy claims payable at December 31	9,560,000	9,488,000	11,015,000
Reinsurance recoverable	(950,000)	(686,000)	(1,188,000)
Net balance policy claims payable at December 31	8,610,000	8,802,000	9,827,000
Favorable development related to subsidiary	33,000	417,000	687,000
Prior years claims payable to remediate IRC Section 7702	591,000
SPLIC subsidiary of CICA [Domain]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Claims incurred related to prior years	(600,000)		(700,000)
Favorable development related to subsidiary	600,000		700,000
CICA Subsidiary of Citizens, Inc [Domain]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Claims incurred related to prior years		(400,000)
Favorable development related to subsidiary		$ 400,000
Minimum [Member]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Liability for Future Policy Benefit by Product Segment, Interest Rate, Year of Issue	4.00%
Maximum [Member]
Liability for Claims and Claims Adjustment Expense [Line Items]
Liability for Future Policy Benefit by Product Segment, Interest Rate, Year of Issue	9.00%