Income Statement (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 12,421,543	$ 12,587,788
Net investment income	5,085,999	6,054,047
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	2,877,523	2,874,949
Realized gains on investments and other assets	842,578	171,060
Other than temporary impairments on investments	(30,000)	(45,000)
Mortgage fee income	33,177,899	25,490,584
Other income	476,692	189,795
Total revenues	54,852,234	47,323,223
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	6,756,419	5,186,299
Surrenders and other policy benefits	750,249	838,740
Increase in future policy benefits	4,551,741	6,150,147
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	1,493,905	1,412,229
Commissions	17,570,585	14,885,790
Salaries	8,178,698	6,512,843
Provision for loan losses and loss reserve	552,289	402,474
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	1,607,235	1,360,304
Other expenses	8,856,600	6,998,890
Interest expense	807,276	768,744
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	499,614	478,171
Total benefits and expenses	51,624,611	44,994,631
Earnings before income taxes	3,227,623	2,328,592
Income tax expense	(1,194,357)	(666,409)
Net earnings	$ 2,033,266	$ 1,662,183
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share (1)	$ 0.19	$ 0.17
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution (1)	$ 0.17	$ 0.16
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common share outstanding (1)	10,935,713	10,014,795
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution (1)	11,930,897	10,110,295