CONTINGENT LIABILITIES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES	CONTINGENT LIABILITIES The Company and Employers Mutual and its other subsidiaries are parties to numerous lawsuits arising in the normal course of the insurance business. The Company believes that the resolution of these lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or its results of operations. The companies involved have established reserves which are believed adequate to cover any potential liabilities arising out of all such pending or threatened proceedings. On March 22, 2019, a lawsuit was filed in state court in Iowa relating to the November 15, 2018 proposal by Employers Mutual to acquire all outstanding shares of stock in the Company not already owned by Employers Mutual. The lawsuit was filed as a purported class action, and names as defendants Employers Mutual and the five individual directors of the Company. The lawsuit alleges that the proposal is unfair to the Company’s minority shareholders, and seeks an unspecified amount of damages. Employers Mutual and the Company and its directors deny all allegations of wrongdoing set forth in the lawsuit. On July 26, 2019, the plaintiffs filed an Unopposed Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss the lawsuit. On July 31, 2019, the court granted that motion and dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice. The participants in the pooling agreement have purchased annuities from life insurance companies, under which the claimant is payee, to fund future payments that are fixed pursuant to specific claim settlement provisions. The Company’s share of case loss reserves eliminated by the purchase of those annuities was $110,000 at December 31, 2018. The Company had a contingent liability for the aggregate guaranteed amount of the annuities of $183,000 at December 31, 2018 should the issuers of those annuities fail to perform. Although management is not able to verify the amount, the Company would likely have a similar contingent liability at June 30, 2019. The probability of a material loss due to failure of performance by the issuers of these annuities is considered remote.

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

The Company and Employers Mutual and its other subsidiaries are parties to numerous lawsuits arising in the normal course of the insurance business. The Company believes that the resolution of these lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or its results of operations. The companies involved have established reserves which are believed adequate to cover any potential liabilities arising out of all such pending or threatened proceedings.

On March 22, 2019, a lawsuit was filed in state court in Iowa relating to the November 15, 2018 proposal by Employers Mutual to acquire all outstanding shares of stock in the Company not already owned by Employers Mutual. The lawsuit was filed as a purported class action, and names as defendants Employers Mutual and the five individual directors of the Company. The lawsuit alleges that the proposal is unfair to the Company’s minority shareholders, and seeks an unspecified amount of damages. Employers Mutual and the Company and its directors deny all allegations of wrongdoing set forth in the lawsuit. On July 26, 2019, the plaintiffs filed an Unopposed Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss the lawsuit. On July 31, 2019, the court granted that motion and dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice.

The participants in the pooling agreement have purchased annuities from life insurance companies, under which the claimant is payee, to fund future payments that are fixed pursuant to specific claim settlement provisions. The Company’s share of case loss reserves eliminated by the purchase of those annuities was $110,000 at December 31, 2018. The Company had a contingent liability for the aggregate guaranteed amount of the annuities of $183,000 at December 31, 2018 should the issuers of those annuities fail to perform. Although management is not able to verify the amount, the Company would likely have a similar contingent liability at June 30, 2019. The probability of a material loss due to failure of performance by the issuers of these annuities is considered remote.