Note 2 AMIC	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Noncontrolling Interest
Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 2. American Independence Corp. AMIC is an insurance holding company engaged in the insurance and reinsurance business. AMIC does business with the Insurance Group, including reinsurance treaties under which, in 2011, Standard Security Life and Madison National Life ceded to Independence American an average of 20% of their medical stop-loss business, 9% of a majority of their fully insured health business and 20% of their New York Statutory Disability business. During the first quarter of 2012, IHC acquired an aggregate 5,124 shares of AMIC common stock from noncontrolling interests for an aggregate of $23,000 cash consideration. As a result of these transactions, the Company: (i) recorded a $12,000 credit to paid-in capital representing the difference between the fair value of the consideration paid and the carrying value of the noncontrolling interest; and (ii) increased its ownership interest in AMIC to 78.5%.

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The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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