American Independence Corp. and Subsidiaries - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$ 5,347	$ 3,865
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net change in cash from operating activities:
Net realized investment gains	(967)	(1,082)
Other-than-temporary impairment loss	0	0
Amortization and depreciation	1,692	1,836
Equity (income) loss	(175)	(450)
Deferred tax expense	(829)	1,481
Non-cash stock compensation expense	52	42
Amortization of bond premiums and discounts	549	594
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Change in trading securities	(185)	423
Change in policy benefits and claims	(1,636)	10,259
Change in net amounts due from and to reinsurers	3,174	(1,496)
Change in accrued fee income	(2,137)	790
Change in claims fund	(873)	(55)
Change in commissions payable	(783)	1,126
Change in premiums receivable	1,107	(3,977)
Change in income taxes	34	54
Dividends received	0	0
Change in other assets and other liabilities	(217)	2,780
Net cash provided by operating activities	4,153	16,190
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Net sales of securities under resale and repurchase agreements	420	1,671
Sales of and principal repayments on fixed maturities	43,800	37,191
Maturities and other repayments of fixed maturities	4,096	4,319
Purchases of fixed maturities	(50,983)	(55,102)
Sales of equity securities	0	1,501
Change in loan receivable	(83)	(1,410)
Cash paid in acquisitions, net of cash acquired	0	(1,250)
Other investing activities	(518)	(533)
Net cash used by investing activities	(3,268)	(13,613)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	33	0
Payment of contingent liability on acquisitions	(300)	(642)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest	(473)	(889)
Repurchase of common stock	0	(1,198)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities	(740)	(2,729)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	145	(152)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	4,424	4,576
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	4,569	4,424
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income taxes	8	32
Predecessor
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income			10,542
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net change in cash from operating activities:
Net realized investment gains			(603)
Other-than-temporary impairment loss			189
Amortization and depreciation			509
Equity (income) loss			(57)
Deferred tax expense			(3,965)
Non-cash stock compensation expense			33
Amortization of bond premiums and discounts			0
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Change in trading securities			(196)
Change in policy benefits and claims			3,963
Change in net amounts due from and to reinsurers			68
Change in accrued fee income			(1,930)
Change in claims fund			(978)
Change in commissions payable			1,309
Change in premiums receivable			(2,926)
Change in income taxes			162
Dividends received			86
Change in other assets and other liabilities			1,362
Net cash provided by operating activities			7,568
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Net sales of securities under resale and repurchase agreements			(2,555)
Sales of and principal repayments on fixed maturities			29,305
Maturities and other repayments of fixed maturities			2,851
Purchases of fixed maturities			(32,398)
Sales of equity securities			528
Change in loan receivable			(425)
Cash paid in acquisitions, net of cash acquired			(2,300)
Other investing activities			254
Net cash used by investing activities			(4,740)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from exercise of stock options			0
Payment of contingent liability on acquisitions			0
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest			0
Repurchase of common stock			0
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities			0
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			2,828
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period			1,748
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period			4,576
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income taxes			$ 5