CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Scheduled principal reductions on notes payable for the next five years [Abstract]
2013	$ 0
2014	0
2015	0
2016	0
2017	$ 0
HPG Acquisitions 2012-12-27 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Issue Date	Dec. 29, 2014
Maturity Date	Apr. 01, 2018
Outstanding Principal Balance	$ 0	$ 4,400,000
UTG 2013-11-20 [Member]
Lines of Credit [Line Items]
Issue Date	Nov. 20, 2013
Maturity Date	Nov. 20, 2015
Revolving Credit Limit	$ 8,000,000
Outstanding Balance	0	0
Borrowings	0
Repayments	$ 0
Interest Rate	3.75%
Assets Pledged	100% of the common voting stock of its wholly owned subsidiary, Universal Guaranty Life Insurance Company ("UG").
UTG Avalon 2013-03-28 [Member]
Lines of Credit [Line Items]
Issue Date	Jun. 02, 2015
Maturity Date	May 19, 2016
Revolving Credit Limit	$ 10,000,000
Outstanding Balance	0	$ 0
Borrowings	0
Repayments	$ 0
UTG Avalon 2014-12-29 [Member]
Lines of Credit [Line Items]
Interest Rate	3.50%
Frequency of Payments	quarterly