Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Income tax expense (benefit) [Abstract]
Current tax	$ 209,576	$ 747,714
Deferred tax	456,605	(1,680,429)
Income tax expense (benefit)	$ 666,181	(932,715)
Income tax expense (benefit) reconciliation [Abstract]
United States statutory rate	35.00%
Tax computed at statutory rate	$ 742,863	95,663
Changes in taxes due to: [Abstract]
Non-controlling interest	(100,891)	(101,297)
Current period loss for which no tax benefit was recognized	0	17,693
Small company deduction	(260,660)	(552,694)
Dividend received deduction	(92,731)	(100,349)
Other	377,600	(291,731)
Income tax expense (benefit)	666,181	(932,715)
Deferred tax liability [Abstract]
Investments		(2,735,072)
Investments	9,690,287
Cost of insurance acquired	2,543,589	2,849,133
Management/consulting fees	(52,797)	(55,125)
Future policy benefits	1,404,177	1,546,770
Deferred gain on sale of subsidiary	2,312,483	2,312,483
Other liabilities	13,245	27,406
Federal tax DAC	(451,935)	(540,128)
Deferred tax liability	15,459,049	3,405,467
Gross deferred tax assets	1,727,307	4,896,464
Gross deferred tax liabilities	17,186,356	8,301,931
NOL Carryforward [Member]
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]
DTA - Net operating loss carryforward	0	35,094
Allowance	0	35,094
AMT Tax Carryforward [Member]
Valuation Allowance [Line Items]
DTA - AMT tax carryforward	118,693	118,693
Allowance	$ 118,693	$ 118,693