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	Jul. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2014	Jul. 01, 2013	Dec. 31, 2009	Jan. 31, 2001	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) policy	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)
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Other Long-term Investments						$ 330,942		$ 379,237			$ 330,942		$ 330,942			$ 379,237
Administrative Revenue Sharing											3,604	$ 102,365	76,395	$ 201,052
Net investment income											78,619	101,486	184,071	204,906
Contributed capital													205,000	0
Prudential Insurance
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Contributed capital						200,000	$ 5,000						205,000			0
Dividend								200,000	$ 230,000				2,600,000
Prudential Insurance and Prudential FInancial [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Life Insurance, Corporate or Bank Owned, Amount						3,160,000		2,873,000			3,160,000		3,160,000			2,873,000
Fees Related to Life Insurance, Corporate or Bank Owned, Amount											10,000	10,000	21,000	21,000
Maximum Amount of Mortality Risk																							$ 3,500
Prudential Insurance
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Stock or Unit Option Plan Expense (less than for three month periods and six months PY period)											1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense											2,000	2,000	3,000	4,000
Pension Expense											6,000	5,000	12,000	11,000
Welfare Plan Expense											7,000	6,000	$ 14,000	13,000
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent (up to)													4.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Cost Recognized											3,000	2,000	$ 5,000	4,000
Number Of Corporate Owned Life Insurance Policies Sold \| policy													5
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage													100.00%
Prudential Financial
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number Of Corporate Owned Life Insurance Policies Sold \| policy													1
Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity						2,200,000					2,200,000		$ 2,200,000
Prepaid debt																						$ 125,000
Interest Expense											2,000	13,000	13,000	26,000
Affiliated Entity \| PAD
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Commissions and other fees											190,000	211,000	364,000	415,000
Affiliated Entity \| ASTISI and Prudential Investments
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Administrative Revenue Sharing											73,000	98,000	142,000	193,000
Affiliated Entity \| Prudential Investments
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Administrative Revenue Sharing											3,000	3,000	6,000	6,000
Affiliated Entity \| PGIM
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net investment income											4,000	4,000	9,000	$ 8,000
Affiliated Entity \| UPARC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage	27.00%									90.00%							27.00%		27.00%
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Amount Retained	$ 1,000									$ 1,000							$ 1,000		$ 1,000
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Excess Retention, Percentage	30.00%									100.00%							30.00%		30.00%
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Uncollected Charges And Fees Risk, Percentage	30.00%									100.00%							30.00%		30.00%
Affiliated Entity \| PAR U
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage			70.00%															95.00%	70.00%
Affiliated Entity \| PURC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage		95.00%													70.00%					70.00%
Affiliated Entity \| PARCC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage				90.00%
Affiliated Entity \| PAR Term
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage																					95.00%
Affiliated Entity \| Term Re
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Reinsurance Retention Policy, Reinsured Risk, Percentage		95.00%
Affiliated Entity \| Prudential of Taiwan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Term					2 years
Prudential Financial Joint Ventures
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Other Long-term Investments						$ 92,000		$ 145,000			92,000		92,000			145,000
Net investment income											$ 1,300	$ 1,300	$ (3,000)			$ 4,000