Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

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Subsequent Event

In January 2018, the Company's Board of Directors approved awards of Restricted Stock Units under the Citizens Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan for non-employee directors and the executive management team totaling $10,500 per director and $976,000 in total to the executive management team. The grant date was February 15, 2018 with a one year vesting schedule for the directors and a two year vesting schedule for the executive management team. In addition, the Board also approved equity grants for 2018 not to exceed $1.2 million for other employees with a delegation to the CEO to determine the value to be awarded.