Average market value over amortized cost.

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Amount of other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) on investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale), recognized in earnings and other comprehensive loss (OCI).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Financial instruments issued by insurance entities (surplus notes) that are includable in surplus for statutory accounting purposes as prescribed or permitted by state laws and regulations that are liabilities of the issuer.

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-SubTopic 470
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
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Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments and Obligation and Restricted Assets (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Credit loss recognized		$ 39,502
Cemetery Perpectual Care Oblication [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Credit loss recognized
Security National Life Insurance [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Surplus notes receivable	$ 4,000,000	$ 4,000,000
5 Securities [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Average market value over amortized cost	96.40%
2 Securities [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Average market value over amortized cost		99.10%
17 Securities [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Average market value over amortized cost	98.20%
4 Securities [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Average market value over amortized cost		99.40%
Restricted Assets [Member]
Net Investment Income [Line Items]
Credit loss recognized	$ 0	$ 0