Document and Entity Information - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	American Independence Corp.
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0000097196
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	8,101,883
Entity Public Float		$ 6,418,387
Trading Symbol	amic