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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001096906-08-001865
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081009

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SECURITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000318673
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FINANCE SERVICES [6199]
		IRS NUMBER:				870345941
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			UT
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 57220
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84157
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8012641060

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		STREET 1:		PO BOX 57220
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84157

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SNL FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19910401
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>Security National Financial Corporation
(the "Company") is in receipt of the letter dated September 25, 2008 with
respect to the above-referenced Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008.&#160;&#160;The
Company's responses to the comments are set forth below.&#160;&#160;For ease of
reference, we have set forth the comments and the Company's responses as
follows:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Management&#8217;s Discussion and
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      note mortgage loans on real estate and construction loans, net of
      allowance for loans losses represent 22% of your total assets at December
      31, 2007.&#160;&#160;SAB Topic 11.K requires non-bank holding companies
      with material amounts of lending activities to disclose applicable
      Industry Guide 3 (&#8220;the Guide&#8221;) information.&#160;&#160;In future filings,
      please revise to disclose the information required by Items III and IV of
      the Guide to the extent it is relevant and material to your
      operations.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>Management believes that&#160;the
information required by Item III.A. of the Guide is disclosed in Note 3 to the
annual consolidated financial statements. Management will include all of the
disclosures required by Items III and IV of the Guide&#160;in future filings in
either the notes to the consolidated financial statements or Management&#8217;s
Discussion and Analysis, to the extent the disclosures are relevant and
material.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Consolidated Balance Sheets,
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Please
      tell us how your mortgage loans on real estate and construction loans are
      classified (i.e. held for investment or held for sale). If this line item
      includes loans classified as held for investment and held for sale,
      separately quantify the carrying value of these loans as of each balance
      sheet date.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>All mortgage loans on real estate and
construction loans were held for investment at December 31, 2007 and 2006.
Although a majority of the mortgage loans the Company generates are sold to
investors, there were no unsold loans at December 31, 2007 or 2006. The Company
follows SFAS No. 140 in determining when to recognize the sale of a mortgage
loan. In future filings, the Company will disclose that mortgage loans were
classified as held for investment at December 31, 2007 and at the date of
subsequent balance sheets, and will quantify and disclose the amount of mortgage
loans at those balance sheet dates that are held for investment and that are
held for sale, if any.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Consolidated Statements of
Cash Flows, page 47</font></font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      note your disclosure on page 31 that the majority of mortgage loans
      originated are sold to third-party investors.&#160;&#160;Please quantify
      originations and sales of mortgage loans for each period
      presented.&#160;&#160;Additionally, tell us the specific line items(s)
      where originations and sales of these loans are recorded on your
      Statements of Cash Flows.&#160;&#160;Refer to paragraph 9 of SFAS
      102.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>Mortgage loans originated and sold to
third-party investors were quantified and disclosed in Management's Discussion
and Analysis on page 28, where it states, &#8220;. . . SNMC originated and sold 20,656
loans ($3,852,801,000 loan amount), 14,427 loans ($2,461,000,000 loan amount),
and 12,786 loans ($2,085,000,000 loan amount) in 2007, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.&#8221; SFAS No. 102 requires that cash receipts and cash payments
resulting from origination or acquisition and sale of loans that are acquired
specifically for resale and carried at market value or the lower of cost or
market value be classified as operating cash flows in a statement of cash
flows.</font></div>
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9, 2008</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">_________________________</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>The Company did not have any loans
held for sale at the end of 2007, 2006 or 2005. However, the effect of the
Company&#8217;s operations to originate and sale mortgage loans are reflected in the
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as cash flows from operating activities
wherein the net change in mortgage loans sold to investors is reflected under
the caption, Receivables for mortgage loans sold, and amounted to $(6,883,446),
$(5,321,587) and $(6,803,081) during the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and
2005, respectively. Please also note that payments made for origination or
acquisition of mortgage loans, and payments received for mortgage and other
loans held for investment are classified as investing activities.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Note 1 -- Significant
Accounting Policies</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Investments, page
49</font></font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      note your disclosure that mortgage loans held for sale are carried at
      unpaid principal balances, adjusted for amortization of premium or
      accretion of discount, less allowance for possible
      losses.&#160;&#160;Paragraph 4 of SFAS 65 requires mortgage loans held for
      sale to be reported at the lower of cost or fair value, determined as of
      the balance sheet date.&#160;&#160;Please tell us how your accounting
      policy complies with the applicable
guidance.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>In future filings, we propose
changing the disclosure on page 50, Significant Accounting Policies, mortgage
loans on real estate, construction loans and mortgage loans held for sale to be
as follows:</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Mortgage loans on real
      estate and construction loans</font> are carried at unpaid principal
      balances, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount,
      less allowance for possible losses.</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Mortgage loans sold to
      investors</font> are carried at the amount due from third party investors,
      which is the estimated fair value at the balance sheet date since these
      amounts are generally collected within a short period of
    time.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>The accounting policy disclosed in
the Form 10-Q for June 30, 2008 relating to mortgage loans sold to investors
will be changed to conform to the above disclosures in future filings. If the
Company holds mortgage loans held for sale at any future balance sheet date, an
accounting policy will be added at that date which will state that mortgage
loans held for sale are reported at the lower of cost or fair value, determined
at the balance sheet date.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Allowance for Loan Losses
and Doubtful Accounts, page 51</font></font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      note your disclosure on page 28 that you believe loan loss reserves are
      sufficient to cover reasonable foreseeable future loan losses and that
      your formula for determining the provision for such reserves is
      adequate.&#160;&#160;In addition, we note your disclosure under the
      heading Mortgage Loan Loss Reserve on page 32.&#160;&#160;Please describe
      in more detail the specific methodology you use for determining your loan
      loss reserves, including the applicable accounting
      guidance.&#160;&#160;Confirm if true, that your loan loss reserves
      represent probable loan losses incurred as of the balance sheet
      date.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Page
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>The Company provides allowances for
losses on its mortgage loans through an allowance for loan losses (a
contra-asset account) and through a Mortgage Loan Loss Reserve (a liability
account). The Allowance for Loan Losses and Doubtful Accounts is an allowance
for losses on the Company&#8217;s mortgage loans held for investment.&#160;&#160;When
a mortgage loan is past due more than 90 days, the Company, where appropriate,
sets up an allowance to approximate the excess of the carrying value of the
mortgage loan over the estimated fair value of the underlying real estate
collateral.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>The mortgage loan loss reserve is an
estimate of probable losses at the balance sheet date that the Company will
realize in the future on mortgage loans sold to third party investors. The
Company may be required to reimburse third party investors for costs associated
with early payoff of loans within the first six months of duration and to
repurchase loans in which there is a default in any of the first four monthly
payments to the investors or, in lieu of repurchase, to pay a negotiated fee to
the investors.&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s estimates are based upon historical loss
experience and the best estimate of the probable loan loss
liabilities.&#160;&#160;The Company believes the Allowance for Loan Losses and
Doubtful Accounts and the loan loss reserves represent probable loan losses
incurred as of the balance sheet date.</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      note your disclosure regarding mortgage loans held for
      sale.&#160;&#160;Please tell us whether you have recorded an allowance for
      loan losses on these loans.&#160;&#160;If so, tell us your basis for
      recording such an allowance.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>The Company did not hold any mortgage
loans held for sale at December 31, 2007 or 2006 and, therefore, did not record
an allowance for loan losses relative to mortgage loans held for sale. However,
the Company historically has reacquired certain mortgage loans sold to investors
and, as a result, has recognized a liability for the estimated probable loss
incurred at each balance sheet date on mortgage loans that might be repurchased
as described in the response to Comment 5 above.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>The accrued loan loss reserve
liability was based upon the fact that the Company may be required to reimburse
third-party investors for costs associated with early payoff of loans within the
first six months of duration and to repurchase loans in which there is a default
in any of the first four monthly payments to the investors or, in lieu of
repurchase, to pay a negotiated fee to the investors.&#160;&#160;The Company's
estimates are based upon historical loss experience and the best estimate of the
probable loan loss liabilities. The Company believes the loan loss reserves
represent probable loan losses incurred as of the balance sheet
date.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Mortgage Operations, page
53</font></font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      note your disclosure that SNMC receives fees from borrowers and other
      secondary fees from third-party investors who purchase the loans from
      SNMC.&#160;&#160;We also note that SNMC pays brokers and correspondents a
      commission for loans that are brokered through SNMC.&#160;&#160;Please
      tell us, and revise your future filings to disclose, your accounting
      policy for loan fees (separately for fees received from borrowers and
      secondary fees from third-party investors) and
  commissions.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>Mortgage fee income consists of
origination fees, processing fees and certain other income related to the
origination and sale of mortgage loans. For mortgage loans sold to third party
investors, mortgage fee income and related expenses are recognized at the time
the loans meet the sales criteria for financial assets which are: (1) the
transferred assets have been isolated from the Company and its creditors, (2)
the transferee has the right to pledge or exchange the mortgage, and (3) the
Company does not maintain effective control over the transferred mortgage. All
rights and title to the mortgage loans are assigned to unrelated financial
institution investors, including any investor commitments for these loans prior
to their purchasing these loans under the purchase commitments.&#160;&#160;These
loans are sold without recourse to the Company.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>For mortgages originated and held for
investment, mortgage fee income and related expenses are recognized when the
loan is originated.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>Management intends to include these
disclosures in future filings.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Note 3 -- Investments, page
64</font></font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Please
      tell us whether you held any investments that have been in a continuous
      unrealized loss position for twelve months or longer as of December 31,
      2007 and December 31, 2006.&#160;&#160;If so, provide us with and disclose
      in future filings, the disclosures required by paragraph 17a and 17b of
      FSP FAS 115-1/124-1.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Note 3 on
page 64 of the 2007 Form 10-K contains a table that reflects the major
investment categories of the Company.&#160;&#160;In accordance with 17a of FSP
FAS 115-1/124-1, the table in Note 3 will be revised in future filings to
reflect gross unrealized losses in two separate columns.&#160;&#160;The first
column will show gross continuous unrealized losses of twelve months or less and
the second column will contain gross continuous unrealized losses of greater
than twelve months.&#160;&#160;Investments in fixed maturity securities held to
maturity that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for over twelve
months as of December 31, 2007&#160;&#160;were $2,238,586, or 67%,&#160;of the
total gross unrealized loss on fixed maturity securities held to maturity of
$3,322,369.&#160;&#160;Investments in equity securities available for sale that
had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for over twelve months as of
December 31, 2007 were $442,938, or 84%, of the total unrealized losses on
equity securities available for sale of $526,518.&#160; The percentages of
investments in fixed maturity securities held to maturity and equity securities
available for sale that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for
twelve months or longer as of December 31, 2006 were similar to the percentages
of such investments that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for
twelve months or longer as of December 31, 2007.</font><br></div><br>
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9, 2008</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Page
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">_________________________</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>The disclosures required by paragraph
17b of FSP FAS 115-1/124-1 will be addressed with additional narrative in the
investment note to the consolidated financial statements in future Form 10-K
reports.&#160;&#160;These future disclosures will include the
following:</font></div>
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      maturity securities of the Company contained gross unrealized losses of
      $3,322,369.&#160;&#160;The losses were due to fluctuations in interest
      rates and minor declines in bond ratings that caused the market for the
      underlying securities to lose value for a temporary period of time. The
      Company elected to treat certain investments as held to maturity and carry
      the investments at historical cost. Any losses are temporary by definition
      and are not included in accumulated other comprehensive income. An actual
      loss from the failure of an investment is recognized as a realized loss in
      the period the loss is incurred.</font></div>
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      securities of the Company contain gross unrealized losses of $526,518.
      Equities are reviewed by management for impairment. Impairments that are
      determined to be other than temporary are recognized in the period the
      loss is determined to be permanent. Unrealized losses from declines in
      market value that are considered to be temporary are included in other
      comprehensive gains and losses.</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investments
      in mortgage loans held for investment are recorded at amortized cost less
      an allowance for loan losses and no unrealized losses existed at December
      31, 2007.</font></div>
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Ended June 30, 2008</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Management&#8217;s Discussion and
Analysis</font></font></div>
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17</font></font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">We
      note your disclosure that during the quarter, the Company repurchased and
      transferred $36,291,000 of mortgage loans previously sold to investors to
      its long-term mortgage loan portfolio.&#160;&#160;Please provide us with
      the following additional information regarding the repurchase and
      transfer:</font></div>
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      why the loans were repurchased, for example, tell us if you were
      contractually obligated to repurchase the
loans;</font></div>
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      us how you accounted for the repurchase and transfer, including the
      applicable accounting guidance;</font></div>
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9, 2008</font></div>
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Transferor&#8217;s Regaining Control of Assets Sold</font>, states:</font></div>
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in law, status of the transferee as a qualifying SPE, or other circumstance may
result in the transferor&#8217;s regaining control of assets previously accounted for
appropriately as having been sold, because one or more of the conditions in
paragraph 9 are no longer met. Such a change, unless it arises solely from
either the initial application of this statement or a change in market prices
(for example, an increase in price that moves into-the-money a freestanding call
that was originally sufficiently out-of-the-money that it was judged not to
constrain the transferee), is accounted for in the same manner as a purchase of
the assets from the former transferee(s) in exchange for liabilities assumed
(paragraph 11). After that change, the transferor recognizes in its financial
statements those assets together with liabilities, to the former transferee(s)
or BIHs in those assets (paragraph 38). The transferor initially measures those
assets and liabilities at fair value on the date of the change, as if the
transferor purchased the assets and assumed the liabilities on that date. The
former transferee would derecognize the assets on that date, as if it had sold
the assets in exchange for a receivable from the transferor.</font></div>
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that certain third-party investors had agreed to purchase.&#160;&#160;From a
review of the documents and agreements with the third-party investors, the
Company was not contractually obligated to repurchase the mortgage loans. See
the disclosure of risks relating to these operations in the December 31, 2007
consolidated financial statements, Note 1, Mortgage Operations.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.2pt"></font>Due to the unusual circumstances in
the secondary market for mortgages, those third-party investors experienced
financial difficulties during 2007 and 2008 and were not able to and did
not&#160;settle loans sold to them (i.e. did not pay the purchase price for the
loans) totaling $36,291,000.&#160;Due to these changes in circumstances,
the&#160;Company regained control of the mortgages and, in accordance with
paragraph 55 of SFAS No. 140, accounted for the loans retained &#8220;in the same
manner as a purchase of the assets from the former transferee(s) in exchange for
liabilities assumed.&#8221; As a result, the Company transferred the mortgage loans to
mortgage loans on real estate and construction loans&#160;at their fair value,
with no loss recognized except for a reversal of any revenues previously
recognized in the sale of mortgage loans.</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">and
      tell us the specific line item where the repurchase is recorded in your
      Consolidated Statement of Cash
Flows.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Response</font>:</font></div>
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selling mortgage loans to investors and as a result, the asset, mortgage loans
sold to investors, decreased from $66,700,694 at December 31, 2007 to $9,659,907
at June 30, 2008. That decrease was entirely due to collections from third-party
investors and was unaffected by the mortgage loans not settled as discussed
above. Those collections were reflected in cash flows from operating activities.
Mortgage loans made totaled $68,267,113 during the six months ended June 30,
2008 and included the $36,291,000 of mortgage loans not sold to investors. The
mortgage loans made were classified as cash used in investing activities in the
caption, Mortgage, policy and other loans made.</font></div>
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responses to the comments, the Company hereby acknowledges as
follows:</font></div>
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