Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans [Text Block]: Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Independence Holding Company Share Based Plans Total Member

Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan

		Three Months Ended
		March 31,
		2018		2017
IHC’s Share-based Compensation Plan:
Stock options	$	180	$	35
Restricted stock units		46		31
SARs		86		(65)
Share-based compensation expense, pre-tax		312		1
Tax benefits		104		-
Share-based compensation expense, net	$	208	$	1