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Reinsurance (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Reinsurance/Insurance Operations [Abstract] |
Reinsurance arrangements | The components of preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of January 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012 are as follows:
|  | January 31, 2013 |  |  | October 31, 2012 |
Trust assets |  | $ | 206,224 |  |  | $ | 197,544 |
Receivables from customers |  |  | 29,333 |  |  |  | 29,594 |
|  |  | 235,557 |  |  |  | 227,138 |
Allowance for cancellations |  |  | (2,043 | ) |  |  | (2,090 | )
Preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments |  | $ | 233,514 |  |  | $ | 225,048 |
Prepaid reinsurance premiums and reinsurance recoverables | The cost basis and market values associated with the preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust assets as of January 31, 2013 are detailed below.
|  | January 31, 2013 |
|  | Fair Value Hierarchy Level |  | Cost Basis |  |  | Unrealized Gains |  |  | Unrealized Losses |  |  | Market |  |  |  |
Cash, money market and other short-term investments |  | 1 |  | $ | 14,184 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 14,184 |  |  |  |  |
Long-term certificate of deposit investments |  | 1 |  |  | 450 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 450 |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Government, agencies and municipalities |  | 2 |  |  | 1,527 |  |  |  | 102 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,629 |  |  |  |  |
Corporate bonds |  | 2 |  |  | 1,922 |  |  |  | 137 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,059 |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stocks |  | 2 |  |  | 12,540 |  |  |  | 593 |  |  |  | (248 | ) |  |  | 12,885 |  |  |  |  |
Common stocks |  | 1 |  |  | 106,025 |  |  |  | 3,992 |  |  |  | (23,908 | ) |  |  | 86,109 |  |  |  |  |
Mutual funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity |  | 1 |  |  | 23,102 |  |  |  | 178 |  |  |  | (5,097 | ) |  |  | 18,183 |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income |  | 1 |  |  | 52,621 |  |  |  | 521 |  |  |  | (389 | ) |  |  | 52,753 |  |  |  |  |
Commodity |  | 1 |  |  | 8,693 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,049 | ) |  |  | 6,644 |  |  |  |  |
Master limited partnerships |  | 1 |  |  | 7,282 |  |  |  | 253 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,535 |  |  |  |  |
Real estate investment trusts |  | 1 |  |  | 3,178 |  |  |  | 39 |  |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | 3,197 |  |  |  |  |
Trust investments |  |  |  | $ | 231,524 |  |  | $ | 5,815 |  |  | $ | (31,711 | ) |  | $ | 205,628 |  |  |  |  |
Market value as a percentage of cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88.8 | %
Accrued investment income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 596 |  |  |  |  |
Trust assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 206,224 |  |  |  |  |

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