Income Statement - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations	$ 14,451,575	$ 13,853,515
Net investment income	8,992,191	7,822,844
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	3,245,856	2,872,335
Realized gains on investments and other assets	97,922	420,064
Other than temporary impairments on investments	(73,630)	(55,896)
Mortgage fee income	37,769,975	37,821,800
Other income	1,530,426	1,315,070
Total revenues	66,014,315	64,049,732
Benefits and expenses:
Death benefits	7,824,001	7,927,872
Surrenders and other policy benefits	518,321	653,734
Increase in future policy benefits	4,160,260	4,179,812
Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired	2,212,836	1,167,499
Selling, general and administrative expenses:
Commissions	16,842,270	18,566,047
Personnel	17,197,372	14,313,316
Advertising	1,078,010	1,416,290
Rent and rent related	2,064,325	1,885,076
Depreciation on property and equipment	521,455	562,737
Provision for loan losses and loss reserve	586,778	666,739
Costs related to funding mortgage loans	2,154,397	2,183,011
Other expenses	6,480,711	6,085,503
Interest expense	1,064,195	985,346
Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries	458,619	458,266
Total benefits and expenses	63,163,550	61,051,248
Earnings before income taxes	2,850,765	2,998,484
Income tax expense	(1,057,233)	(1,134,681)
Net earnings	$ 1,793,532	$ 1,863,703
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share (1)	$ 0.13	$ 0.14
Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution (1)	$ 0.12	$ 0.13
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common share outstanding (1)	13,939,377	13,592,260
Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution (1)	14,373,499	14,154,098