Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
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Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure	`Note 15.Contingencies` `Third Party Administrator` A third party administrator with whom we formerly did business (“Plaintiff” or “TPA”) commenced an action on May 17, 2017 in the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (the “Texas Action”), naming IHC, Madison National Life, Standard Security Life, and Independence Brokerage Group, Inc. (formerly IHC Carrier Solutions, Inc.) as defendants (“Defendants”). The Plaintiff seeks contractual payments allegedly owed by the Defendants totaling at least $3,082,000 through 2014, plus additional amounts for 2015 and 2016, and exemplary and punitive damages as allowed by law and fees and costs. The court had previously stayed the proceedings during the pendency of two arbitrations. The first arbitration resulted in a judicially-confirmed award in favor of Standard Security Life and Madison National Life in the amount of $5,641,000, which the Plaintiff has satisfied. The Company received payment on September 9, 2020 and recorded it in other income on the Consolidated Statement of Income in the third quarter of 2020. The second arbitration resulted in no monetary obligations owed by any of the parties. The Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint. The Defendants have until August 9, 2021 to file an opposition to the motion for leave to amend. *Multistate Market Conduct Examination (“MCE”)* As previously disclosed, our subsidiaries Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company were selected for MCE related to our short-term medical (“STM”), limited medical and fixed indemnity limited health insurance products for the period of January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2017. The insurance departments of five jurisdictions (Delaware, Wisconsin, District of Columbia, Kansas and South Dakota) served as lead states, and the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking and the Delaware Department of Insurance served as the managing lead states of the MCE. In addition to the five lead states, 37 other states participated in the MCE. Each of Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company responded to inquiries and document production requests in the MCE and proactively communicated and cooperated with the applicable regulatory agencies for the MCE. Each of these subsidiaries also provided a detailed action plan to regulators that summarized its enhanced compliance and control mechanisms. In an effort to avoid long‐term litigation and/or administrative proceedings that would be required to resolve disputes between Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company and the states involved in the MCE, the Lead States and Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company entered into separate RSAs on July 14, 2020. The RSAs require the implementation of a compliance plan, impose certain requirements related to specified business practices and monetary payments. The thirty-seven participating states adopted the RSAs. The Company accrued $3,660,000 in accounts payable, accruals and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet in the second quarter of 2020 and processed payment in October 2020. As set forth in the RSAs, Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company deny any wrongdoing or violation of any applicable laws or regulations, and the entry into the RSAs is not an admission or acknowledgment of any wrongdoing or liability. In accordance with the RSAs, the Monitoring Period commenced and Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company continue to comply.

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure

Note 15.Contingencies

Third Party Administrator

A third party administrator with whom we formerly did business (“Plaintiff” or “TPA”) commenced an action on May 17, 2017 in the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (the “Texas Action”), naming IHC, Madison National Life, Standard Security Life, and Independence Brokerage Group, Inc. (formerly IHC Carrier Solutions, Inc.) as defendants (“Defendants”). The Plaintiff seeks contractual payments allegedly owed by the Defendants totaling at least $3,082,000 through 2014, plus additional amounts for 2015 and 2016, and exemplary and punitive damages as allowed by law and fees and costs. The court had previously stayed the proceedings during the pendency of two arbitrations. The first arbitration resulted in a judicially-confirmed award in favor of Standard Security Life and Madison National Life in the amount of $5,641,000, which the Plaintiff has satisfied. The Company received payment on September 9, 2020 and recorded it in other income on the Consolidated Statement of Income in the third quarter of 2020. The second arbitration resulted in no monetary obligations owed by any of the parties. The Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to file a Second Amended Complaint. The Defendants have until August 9, 2021 to file an opposition to the motion for leave to amend.

Multistate Market Conduct Examination (“MCE”)

As previously disclosed, our subsidiaries Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company were selected for MCE related to our short-term medical (“STM”), limited medical and fixed indemnity limited health insurance products for the period of January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2017. The insurance departments of five jurisdictions (Delaware, Wisconsin, District of Columbia, Kansas and South Dakota) served as lead states, and the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking and the Delaware Department of Insurance served as the managing lead states of the MCE. In addition to the five lead states, 37 other states participated in the MCE. Each of Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company responded to inquiries and document production requests in the MCE and proactively communicated and cooperated with the applicable regulatory agencies for the MCE. Each of these subsidiaries also provided a detailed action plan to regulators that summarized its enhanced compliance and control mechanisms.

In an effort to avoid long‐term litigation and/or administrative proceedings that would be required to resolve disputes between Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company and the states involved in the MCE, the Lead States and Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company entered into separate RSAs on July 14, 2020. The RSAs require the implementation of a compliance plan, impose certain requirements related to specified business practices and monetary payments. The thirty-seven participating states adopted the RSAs. The Company accrued $3,660,000 in accounts payable, accruals and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet in the second quarter of 2020 and processed payment in October 2020. As set forth in the RSAs, Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company deny any wrongdoing or violation of any applicable laws or regulations, and the entry into the RSAs is not an admission or acknowledgment of any wrongdoing or liability. In accordance with the RSAs, the Monitoring Period commenced and Standard Security Life, Madison National Life and Independence American Insurance Company continue to comply.