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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 22, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Scheduled principal reductions on notes payable for the next five years [Abstract]
2013		$ 0
2014		0
2015		0
2016		0
2017		$ 0
STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM [Abstract]
Treasury Stock, Shares, Acquired	300,000	46,000
% of shares owned by shareholder	8.00%
Amount paid to repurchase shares during the year	$ 2,900,000	$ 703,000
UTG 2012-11-20 [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 10, 2017
Revolving Credit Limit		$ 10,000,000
Outstanding Balance		0	$ 0
Borrowings		0
Repayments		$ 0