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Segment Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 Segment | Mar. 31, 2014
Segment Information [Abstract] |  |
Number of business units | 2 us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments |
Revenue and income before income taxes for each business unit [Abstract] |  |
Total revenue | $ 40,949 us-gaap_Revenues | $ 41,160 us-gaap_Revenues
Income before income taxes | 1,010 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | 993 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Corporate and Other [Member] |  |
Revenue and income before income taxes for each business unit [Abstract] |  |
Total revenue | 107 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | 121 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
Income before income taxes | (2,029)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember | (1,712)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_CorporateNonSegmentMember
American Southern [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] |  |
Revenue and income before income taxes for each business unit [Abstract] |  |
Total revenue | 14,772 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_AmericanSouthernMember | 14,201 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_AmericanSouthernMember
Income before income taxes | 1,849 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_AmericanSouthernMember | 1,057 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_AmericanSouthernMember
Bankers Fidelity [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] |  |
Revenue and income before income taxes for each business unit [Abstract] |  |
Total revenue | 26,070 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_BankersFidelityMember | 26,838 us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_BankersFidelityMember
Income before income taxes | $ 1,190 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_BankersFidelityMember | $ 1,648 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / us-gaap_ConsolidationItemsAxis = us-gaap_OperatingSegmentsMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aame_BankersFidelityMember

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- Definition Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues. + References No definition available. + Details
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