0001096906-21-001164 | 10-Q | XBRL Viewer | Security National Financial Corp

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Document and Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information - shares	Mar. 31, 2021	May 12, 2021
Registrant CIK	0000318673
Fiscal Year End	--12-31
Registrant Name	Security National Financial Corporation
SEC Form	10-Q
Period End date	Mar. 31, 2021
Tax Identification Number (TIN)	87-0345941
Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Current with reporting	Yes
Interactive Data Current	Yes
Shell Company	false
Small Business	true
Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	UT
Entity File Number	000-09341
Entity Address, Address Line One	121 West Election Road
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Suite 100
Entity Address, City or Town	Draper
Entity Address, State or Province	UT
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	84020
City Area Code	(801)
Local Phone Number	264-1060
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2021
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
Common Class A
Number of common stock shares outstanding		16,701,916
Common Class C
Number of common stock shares outstanding		2,631,076

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Investments:
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale, at estimated fair value (amortized cost of $256,894,421 and $265,150,484 for 2021 and 2020)	$ 279,550,528	$ 294,656,679
Equity securities at estimated fair value (cost of $8,913,275 and $9,698,490 for 2021 and 2020)	11,154,495	11,324,239
Mortgage loans held for investment (net of allowances for loan losses of $1,897,155 and $2,005,127 for 2021 and 2020)	244,951,952	249,343,936
Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation of $14,473,417 and $13,800,973 for 2021 and 2020)	157,040,536	131,684,453
Real estate held for sale	5,556,866	7,878,807
Other investments and policy loans (net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $1,662,394 and $1,645,475 for 2021 and 2020)	74,690,150	73,696,661
Accrued investment income	6,266,403	5,360,523
Total investments	779,210,930	773,945,298
Cash and cash equivalents	144,159,566	106,219,429
Loans held for sale at estimated fair value	304,030,372	422,772,418
Receivables (net of allowances for doubtful accounts of $1,698,691 and $1,685,382 for 2021 and 2020)	13,970,177	10,899,207
Restricted assets (including $4,160,721 and $3,989,415 for 2021 and 2020 at estimated fair value)	16,494,477	16,150,036
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (including $2,947,117 and $2,810,070 for 2021 and 2020 at estimated fair value)	6,602,118	6,413,167
Receivable from reinsurers	15,836,062	15,569,156
Cemetery land and improvements	8,524,629	8,761,436
Deferred policy and pre-need contract acquisition costs	101,695,734	100,075,276
Mortgage servicing rights, net	42,779,361	35,210,516
Property and equipment, net	14,836,721	12,473,345
Value of business acquired	8,748,055	8,955,249
Goodwill	3,519,588	3,519,588
Other	27,819,736	27,976,357
Total Assets	1,488,227,526	1,548,940,478
Liabilities
Future policy benefits and unpaid claims	846,737,059	844,790,087
Unearned premium reserve	3,265,505	3,328,623
Bank and other loans payable	245,973,378	297,824,368
Deferred pre-need cemetery and mortuary contract revenues	13,514,055	13,080,179
Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Obligation	4,130,579	4,087,704
Accounts payable	10,404,210	8,932,683
Other liabilities and accrued expenses	64,282,931	87,650,981
Income Taxes	28,051,968	25,258,800
Total liabilities	1,216,359,685	1,284,953,425
Stockholders' Equity
Additional paid-in capital	50,650,188	50,287,253
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes	17,854,611	23,243,133
Retained earnings	165,867,882	153,739,167
Treasury stock at cost - 77,825 Class A shares and 56,276 Class C shares in 2021; and 227,852 Class A shares and 10,985 Class C shares in 2020	(1,111,464)	(1,833,272)
Total stockholders' equity	271,867,841	263,987,053
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	1,488,227,526	1,548,940,478
Common Class A
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred Stock - non-voting - $1.00 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
Common Stock, Value, Issued	33,344,472	33,191,566
Common Class B
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock, Value, Issued
Common Class C
Stockholders' Equity
Common Stock, Value, Issued	$ 5,262,152	$ 5,359,206

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Amortized cost	$ 256,894,421	$ 265,150,484
Equity securities cost	8,913,275	9,698,490
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses, Real Estate	1,897,155	2,005,127
Real Estate Investment Property, Accumulated Depreciation	14,473,417	13,800,973
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Premiums and Other Receivables	1,662,394	1,645,475
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	1,698,691	1,685,382
Aggregate Fair Value, Restricted Assets	4,160,721	3,989,415
Aggregate Fair Value, Cemetary Perpetual Care Trust Investments	$ 2,947,117	$ 2,810,070
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued	0	0
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding	0	0
Common Class A
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 2.00	$ 2.00
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	16,672,236	16,595,783
Treasury Stock, Shares	77,825	227,852
Common Class B
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	0	0
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	0	0
Common Class C
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 2.00	$ 2.00
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	3,000,000	3,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	2,631,076	2,679,603
Treasury Stock, Shares	56,276	10,985

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS (Unaudited) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenues:

Mortgage fee income

$ 72,998,612

$ 40,281,761

Insurance premiums and other considerations

23,350,210

22,291,276

Net investment income

14,293,887

13,400,499

Net mortuary and cemetery sales

5,942,126

4,458,091

Gains (losses) on investments and other assets

1,960,113

(3,212,247)

Other Revenues

4,113,658

2,389,569

Total revenues

122,658,606

79,608,949

Benefits and expenses:

Death benefits

18,312,006

13,407,627

Surrenders and other policy benefits

1,077,644

1,070,475

Increase in future policy benefits

4,254,658

7,038,033

Amortization of deferred policy and pre-need acquisition costs and value of business acquired

3,576,865

3,515,057

Selling, general and administrative expenses:

Commissions

32,729,680

16,554,743

Personnel

24,371,505

18,719,998

Advertising

1,800,998

1,005,317

Rent and rent related

1,865,898

1,614,741

Depreciation on property and equipment

501,645

516,213

Costs related to funding mortgage loans

2,937,225

1,956,282

Other

11,949,864

10,075,542

Interest expense

1,825,599

1,818,609

Cost of goods and services sold-mortuaries and cemeteries

1,099,964

842,078

Total benefits and expenses

106,303,551

78,134,715

Earnings before income taxes

16,355,055

1,474,234

Income tax expense

(4,226,340)

(49,785)

Net earnings

$ 12,128,715

$ 1,424,449

Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share

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$ 0.63

$ 0.08

Net earnings per Class A Equivalent common share-assuming dilution

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$ 0.61

$ 0.08

Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding

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19,124,001

18,641,950

Weighted-average Class A equivalent common shares outstanding-assuming dilution

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20,008,050

18,833,396

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Net earnings per share amounts have been adjusted retroactively for the effect of annual stock dividends. The weighted-average shares outstanding includes the weighted-average Class A common shares and the weighted-average Class C common shares determined on an equivalent Class A common stock basis. Net earnings per common share represent net earnings per equivalent Class A common share.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
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Net earnings	$ 12,128,715	$ 1,424,449
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized gains (losses) on fixed maturity securities available for sale	(6,805,903)	(11,181,151)
Unrealized gains (losses) on restricted assets	(10,428)	(13,085)
Unrealized gains (losses) on cemetery perpetual care trust investments	(8,197)	(12,046)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	2,835	(445)
Other comprehensive income (loss), before income tax	(6,821,693)	(11,206,727)
Income tax benefit (expense)	1,433,171	2,354,414
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income tax	(5,388,522)	(8,852,313)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 6,740,193	$ (7,427,864)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited) - USD ($)	Class A Common Stock	Class C Common Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Other Comprehensive Income / Loss	Retained Earnings	Treasury Stock	Total
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	$ 32,215,558	$ 5,001,774	$ 46,091,112	$ 13,726,514	$ 101,256,229	$ (1,580,582)	$ 196,710,605
Net earnings					1,424,449		1,424,449
Other comprehensive income				(8,852,313)			(8,852,313)
Stock based compensation expense			65,877				65,877
Exercise of stock options	44,822		(33,930)				10,892
Sale of treasury stock			218,280			264,081	482,361
Purchase of treasury stock						(129,608)	(129,608)
Stock dividends	2,322	(1,020)	2,292		(3,594)
Conversion Class C to Class A	22,324	(22,324)
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent, Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2020	32,285,026	4,978,430	46,343,631	4,874,201	102,677,084	(1,446,109)	189,712,263
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent, Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2020	33,191,566	5,359,206	50,287,253	23,243,133	153,739,167	(1,833,272)	263,987,053
Net earnings					12,128,715		12,128,715
Other comprehensive income				(5,388,522)			(5,388,522)
Stock based compensation expense			39,153				39,153
Exercise of stock options	55,852		33,401				89,253
Sale of treasury stock			290,381			1,632,041	1,922,422
Purchase of treasury stock						(910,233)	(910,233)
Conversion Class C to Class A	97,054	(97,054)
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent, Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2021	$ 33,344,472	$ 5,262,152	$ 50,650,188	$ 17,854,611	$ 165,867,882	$ (1,111,464)	$ 271,867,841

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The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.

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Total of all stockholders' equity (deficit) items, net of receivables from officers, directors, owners, and affiliates of the entity which are attributable to the parent. The amount of the economic entity's stockholders' equity attributable to the parent excludes the amount of stockholders' equity which is allocable to that ownership interest in subsidiary equity which is not attributable to the parent (noncontrolling interest, minority interest). This excludes temporary equity and is sometimes called permanent equity.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$ 100,975,851	$ (63,771,244)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of fixed maturity securities	(1,753,606)	(28,691,834)
Sales, calls and maturities of fixed maturity securities	9,993,624	44,166,424
Purchases of equity securities	(367,786)	(10,650,102)
Sales of equity securities	1,376,669	7,576,507
Net changes in restricted assets	179,052	753,326
Net changes in perpetual care trusts	(47,841)	(107,286)
Mortgage loans held for investment, other investments and policy loans made	(200,084,136)	(153,050,405)
Payments received for mortgage loans held for investment, other investments and policy loans	203,929,458	149,366,124
Purchase of property and equipment	(2,865,020)	(534,737)
Purchase of real estate	(23,554,515)	(750,018)
Sale of real estate	5,147,199	4,153,329
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(8,046,902)	12,231,328
Cash flows from financing activities:
Investment contract receipts	2,542,681	2,640,020
Investment contract withdrawals	(4,386,172)	(4,662,891)
Proceeds from stock options exercised	89,253	10,892
Purchases of treasury stock	(910,233)	(129,608)
Repayment of bank loans	(46,367,270)	(810,623)
Proceeds from bank loans	54,896,199	20,172,821
Net change in warehouse line borrowings for loans held for sale	(60,432,330)	16,982,783
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(54,567,872)	34,203,394
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents	38,361,077	(17,336,522)
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at beginning of period	115,465,086	137,735,673
Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents at end of period	153,826,163	120,399,151
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid during the year for interest	2,142,375	1,845,747
Income taxes (net of refunds)
Non Cash Operating, Investing and Financing Activities:
Accrued real estate construction costs and retainage	4,521,048	399,976
Benefit plans funded with treasury stock	1,922,422	482,361
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	1,082,388	3,271,518
Mortgage loans held for investment foreclosed into real estate held for investment	389,145	0
Transfer of loans held for sale to mortgage loans held for investment	201,951	8,933,676
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for finance lease liabilities	$ 0	$ 9,394

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
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Cash and cash equivalents	$ 144,159,566	$ 103,769,066
Restricted assets	9,256,997	15,347,648
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	409,600	1,282,437
Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents	$ 153,826,163	$ 120,399,151

1) Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

1) Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Articles 8 and 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Company and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File Number 000-09341). In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to adopt policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. In applying these policies and estimates, the Company makes judgments that frequently require assumptions about matters that are inherently uncertain. Accordingly, significant estimates used in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements may be subject to significant adjustments in future periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant changes in the near term are those used in determining the value of derivative assets and liabilities; those used in determining deferred acquisition costs and the value of business acquired; those used in determining the value of mortgage loans foreclosed to real estate held for investment; those used in determining the liability for future policy benefits; those used in estimating other than temporary impairments on available for sale securities; those used in determining the value of mortgage servicing rights; those used in determining allowances for loan losses for mortgage loans held for investment; those used in determining loan loss reserve; and those used in determining deferred tax assets and liabilities. Although some variability is inherent in these estimates, management believes the amounts provided are fairly stated in all material respects.

COVID-19. During 2020, the outbreak of COVID-19 had spread worldwide and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. COVID-19 poses a threat to the health and economic well-being of the Company’s employees, customers, and vendors. The Company is closely monitoring developments relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and assessing its impact on the Company’s business. The COVID-19 pandemic has had and continues to have a major impact on the global economy and financial markets. Governments and businesses have taken numerous measures to try to contain the virus, which include the implementation of travel bans, self-imposed quarantine periods, and social distancing. These measures have disrupted and will continue to disrupt businesses globally. Governments and central banks have reacted with significant monetary and fiscal interventions designed to stabilize the economic conditions.

Like most businesses, COVID-19 has impacted the Company. However, the Company cannot, with any certainty predict the severity or duration with which COVID-19 will impact the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. These uncertainties have the potential to negatively affect the risk of credit default for the issuers of the Company’s fixed maturity debt securities and individual borrowers with mortgage loans held by the Company.

The Company has implemented risk management, business continuity plans and has taken preventive measures and other precautions, such as business travel restrictions and remote work arrangements. Such measures and precautions have enabled the Company to continue to conduct business.

2) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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2) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2020

ASU No. 2018-13: “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” – Issued in August 2018, ASU 2018-13 modifies the disclosure requirements of Topic 820 by removing, modifying or adding certain disclosures. Among the changes, entities will no longer be required to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, but will be required to disclose the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 does not change the fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of this standard did not materially impact the Company’s financial statements. See Note 8 for the Company’s fair value disclosures.

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted

ASU No. 2016-13: “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326)” – Issued in September 2016, ASU 2016-13 amends guidance on reporting credit losses for assets held at amortized cost basis (such as mortgage loans and held to maturity debt securities) and available for sale debt securities. For assets held at amortized cost basis, Topic 326 eliminates the probable initial recognition threshold in current GAAP and, instead, requires an entity to reflect its current estimate of all expected credit losses. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets to present the net amount expected to be collected. For available for sale debt securities, credit losses should be measured in a manner similar to current GAAP; however, Topic 326 will require that credit losses be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down. In October 2019, the FASB proposed an update to ASU No. 2016-13 that would make the ASU effective for the Company on January 1, 2023. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impact of this standard, especially as it relates to mortgage loans held for investment.

ASU No. 2018-12: “Financial Services – Insurance (Topic 944): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts” – Issued in August 2018, ASU 2018-12 is intended to improve the timeliness of recognizing changes in the liability for future policy benefits on traditional long-duration contracts by requiring that assumptions be updated after contract inception and by modifying the rate used to discount future cash flows. The ASU will simplify and improve the accounting for certain market-based options or guarantees associated with deposit or account balance contracts, simplify amortization of deferred acquisition costs while improving and expanding required disclosures. In November 2020, the FASB issued an update to ASU No. 2018-12 that made the ASU effective for the Company on January 1, 2025. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impact of this standard.

The Company has reviewed other recent accounting pronouncements and has determined that they will not significantly impact the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

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The entire disclosure for change in accounting principle. Includes, but is not limited to, nature, reason, and method of adopting amendment to accounting standards or other change in accounting principle.

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3) Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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3) Investments

The Company’s investments as of March 31, 2021 are summarized as follows:

	Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses	Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2021:
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale, at estimated fair value:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government agencies	$ 42,427,856	$ 1,099,519	$ -	$ 43,527,375
Obligations of states and political subdivisions	5,370,754	209,554	(24,569)	5,555,739
Corporate securities including public utilities	179,026,864	21,203,792	(501,358)	199,729,298
Mortgage-backed securities	29,799,733	892,449	(236,547)	30,455,635
Redeemable preferred stock	269,214	13,267	-	282,481
Total fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 256,894,421	$ 23,418,581	$ (762,474)	$ 279,550,528
Equity securities at estimated fair value:
Common stock:
Industrial, miscellaneous and all other	$ 8,913,275	$ 2,586,343	$ (345,123)	$ 11,154,495
Total equity securities at estimated fair value	$ 8,913,275	$ 2,586,343	$ (345,123)	$ 11,154,495
Mortgage loans held for investment at amortized cost:
Residential	$ 88,266,355
Residential construction	105,450,591
Commercial	55,065,455
Less: Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(1,223,014)
Less: Allowance for loan losses	(1,897,155)
Less: Net discounts	(710,280)
Total mortgage loans held for investment	$ 244,951,952
Real estate held for investment - net of accumulated depreciation:
Residential	$ 39,752,530
Commercial	117,288,006
Total real estate held for investment	$ 157,040,536
Real estate held for sale:
Residential	$ 1,156,313
Commercial	4,400,553
Total real estate held for sale	$ 5,556,866
Other investments and policy loans at amortized cost:
Policy loans	$ 13,946,739
Insurance assignments	54,618,319
Federal Home Loan Bank stock (1)	2,544,700
Other investments	5,242,786
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,662,394)
Total policy loans and other investments	$ 74,690,150
Accrued investment income	$ 6,266,403
Total investments	$ 779,210,930

(1)

Includes $905,700 of Membership stock and $1,639,000 of Activity stock due to short-term borrowings.

The Company’s investments as of December 31, 2020 are summarized as follows:

	Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses	Estimated Fair Value
December 31, 2020:
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale, at estimated fair value:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government agencies	$ 42,381,805	$ 1,358,562	$ -	$ 43,740,367
Obligations of states and political subdivisions	5,383,762	312,214	(1,261)	5,694,715
Corporate securities including public utilities	186,067,912	27,216,496	(681,478)	212,602,930
Mortgage-backed securities	31,047,791	1,565,377	(267,106)	32,346,062
Redeemable preferred stock	269,214	3,391	-	272,605
Total fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 265,150,484	$ 30,456,040	$ (949,845)	$ 294,656,679
Equity securities at estimated fair value:
Common stock:
Industrial, miscellaneous and all other	$ 9,698,490	$ 2,376,156	$ (750,407)	$ 11,324,239
Total equity securities at estimated fair value	$ 9,698,490	$ 2,376,156	$ (750,407)	$ 11,324,239
Mortgage loans held for investment at amortized cost:
Residential	$ 95,822,448
Residential construction	111,111,777
Commercial	46,836,866
Less: Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(1,161,132)
Less: Allowance for loan losses	(2,005,127)
Less: Net discounts	(1,260,896)
Total mortgage loans held for investment	$ 249,343,936
Real estate held for investment - net of accumulated depreciation:
Residential	$ 24,843,743
Commercial	106,840,710
Total real estate held for investment	$ 131,684,453
Real estate held for sale:
Residential	$ 3,478,254
Commercial	4,400,553
Total real estate held for sale	$ 7,878,807
Other investments and policy loans at amortized cost:
Policy loans	$ 14,171,589
Insurance assignments	53,231,131
Federal Home Loan Bank stock (1)	2,506,600
Other investments	5,432,816
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,645,475)
Total policy loans and other investments	$ 73,696,661
Accrued investment income	$ 5,360,523
Total investments	$ 773,945,298

(1) Includes $866,900 of Membership stock and $1,639,700 of Activity stock due to short-term borrowings.

Fixed Maturity Securities

The following tables summarize unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities available for sale, which were carried at estimated fair value, at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The unrealized losses were primarily related to interest rate fluctuations and uncertainties relating to COVID-19. The tables set forth unrealized losses by duration with the fair value of the related fixed maturity securities:

	Unrealized Losses for Less than Twelve Months	Fair Value	Unrealized Losses for More than Twelve Months	Fair Value	Total Unrealized Loss	Fair Value
At March 31, 2021
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions	$ 24,569	$ 778,979	$ -	$ -	$ 24,569	$ 778,979
Corporate Securities	137,661	9,760,180	363,697	9,199,818	501,358	18,959,998
Mortgage and other asset-backed securities	90,713	5,235,918	145,834	2,026,009	236,547	7,261,927
Total unrealized losses	$ 252,943	$ 15,775,077	$ 509,531	$ 11,225,827	$ 762,474	$ 27,000,904
At December 31, 2020
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions	$ 1,261	$ 206,812	$ -	$ -	$ 1,261	$ 206,812
Corporate Securities	242,596	9,919,298	438,882	2,593,026	681,478	12,512,324
Mortgage and other asset-backed securities	266,522	3,455,574	584	51,961	267,106	3,507,535
Total unrealized losses	$ 510,379	$ 13,581,684	$ 439,466	$ 2,644,987	$ 949,845	$ 16,226,671

There were 79 securities with fair value of 97.3% of amortized cost at March 31, 2021. There were 63 securities with fair value of 94.7% of amortized cost at December 31, 2020. No credit losses have been recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

On a quarterly basis, the Company evaluates its fixed maturity securities available for sale. This evaluation includes a review of current ratings by the National Association of Insurance Commissions (NAIC). Securities with a rating of 1 or 2 are considered investment grade and are not reviewed for impairment. Securities with ratings of 3 to 5 are evaluated for impairment. Securities with a rating of 6 are automatically determined to be impaired and are written down. The evaluation involves an analysis of the securities in relation to historical values, interest payment history, projected earnings and revenue growth rates as well as a review of the reason for a downgrade in the NAIC rating. Based on the analysis of a security that is rated 3 to 5, a determination is made whether the security will likely make interest and principal payments in accordance with the terms of the financial instrument. If it is unlikely that the security will meet contractual obligations, the loss is considered to be other than temporary, the security is written down to the new anticipated market value and an impairment loss is recognized.

The fair values of fixed maturity securities are based on quoted market prices, when available. For fixed maturity securities not actively traded, fair values are estimated using values obtained from independent pricing services, or in the case of private placements, are estimated by discounting expected future cash flows using a current market value applicable to the coupon rate, credit and maturity of the investments.

The following table presents a rollforward of the Company's cumulative other than temporary credit impairments (“OTTI”) recognized in earnings on fixed maturity securities available for sale for the three months ended March 31:

	2021	2020
Balance of credit-related OTTI at January 1	$ 370,975	$ -

Additions for credit impairments recognized on:
Securities not previously impaired	-	-
Securities previously impaired	-	-

Reductions for credit impairments previously recognized on:
Securities that matured or were sold during the period (realized)	-	-
Securities due to an increase in expected cash flows	-	-

Balance of credit-related OTTI at March 31	$ 370,975	$ -

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturity securities available for sale at March 31, 2021, by contractual maturity, are shown below. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because certain borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

	Amortized Cost	Estimated Fair Value
Due in 1 year	$ 21,362,110	$ 21,444,660
Due in 2-5 years	66,817,800	71,062,356
Due in 5-10 years	70,609,309	77,487,611
Due in more than 10 years	68,036,255	78,817,785
Mortgage-backed securities	29,799,733	30,455,635
Redeemable preferred stock	269,214	282,481
Total	$ 256,894,421	$ 279,550,528

The Company is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and Dallas (“FHLB”). The Company pledged a total of $40,000,000, par value, of United States Treasury fixed maturity securities with the FHLB at March 31, 2021. These securities are used as collateral on any cash borrowings from the FHLB. As of March 31, 2021, the Company did not have any amounts outstanding with the FHLB and its estimated remaining maximum borrowing capacity was $38,559,265.

Investment Related Earnings

The Company’s net realized gains and losses from sales, calls, and maturities, unrealized gains and losses on equity securities, and other than temporary impairments are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Fixed maturity securities:
Gross realized gains	$ 97,622	$ 95,821
Gross realized losses	(24,997)	-

Equity securities:
Gains (losses) on securities sold	106,569	(57,442)
Unrealized gains and (losses) on securities held at the end of the period	952,030	(2,761,856)

Other assets:
Gross realized gains	1,109,358	457,028
Gross realized losses	(280,469)	(945,798)
Total	$ 1,960,113	$ (3,212,247)

The net realized gains and losses on the sale of securities are recorded on the trade date, and the cost of the securities sold is determined using the specific identification method.

Information regarding sales of fixed maturity securities available for sale is summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Proceeds from sales	$ 819,565	$ 645,750
Gross realized gains	59,794	79,411
Gross realized losses	-	-

Major categories of net investment income are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Fixed maturity securities	$ 2,824,111	$ 2,924,714
Equity securities	128,229	92,042
Mortgage loans held for investment	6,084,417	5,653,890
Real estate	3,042,829	3,153,385
Policy loans	232,353	233,966
Insurance assignments	5,345,729	4,299,205
Other investments	13,707	25,023
Cash and cash equivalents	39,594	298,005
Gross investment income	17,710,969	16,680,230
Investment expenses	(3,417,082)	(3,279,731)
Net investment income	$ 14,293,887	$ 13,400,499

Net investment income includes income earned by the restricted assets cemeteries and mortuaries of $161,211 and $110,639 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Net investment income on real estate consists primarily of rental revenue.

Investment expenses consist primarily of depreciation, property taxes, operating expenses of real estate and an estimated portion of administrative expenses relating to investment activities.

Securities on deposit with regulatory authorities as required by law amounted to $9,864,903 at March 31, 2021 and $9,684,409 at December 31, 2020. These restricted securities are included in various assets under investments on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

There were no investments, aggregated by issuer, in excess of 10% of shareholders’ equity (before net unrealized gains and losses on equity securities and fixed maturity securities) at March 31, 2021, other than investments issued or guaranteed by the United States Government.

Real Estate Held for Investment and Held for Sale

The Company strategically deploys resources into real estate to match the income and yield durations of its primary obligations. The sources for these real estate assets come through its various business units in the form of acquisition, development and mortgage foreclosures.

Commercial Real Estate Held for Investment and Held for Sale

The Company owns and manages commercial real estate assets as a means of generating investment income. These assets are acquired in accordance with the Company’s goals and objectives for risk-adjusted returns. Due diligence is conducted on each asset using internal and third-party reports. Geographic locations and asset classes of the investment activity is determined by senior management under the direction of the Board of Directors.

The Company employs full-time employees to attend to the day-to-day operations of those assets within the greater Salt Lake area and close surrounding markets. The Company utilizes third party property managers when the geographic boundary does not warrant full-time staff or through strategic lease-up periods. The Company generally looks to acquire assets in regions that are high growth regions for employment and population and in assets that provide operational efficiencies.

The Company currently owns and operates 11 commercial properties in 5 states. These properties include office buildings, a funeral home, flex office space, and includes the redevelopment and expansion of its corporate campus (“Center53”) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Company also holds undeveloped land that may be used for future commercial developments. The Company uses bank debt in strategic cases to leverage established yields or to acquire a higher quality or different class of asset.

The aggregated net ending balance of commercial real estate that serves as collateral for bank loans was $99,547,615 and $71,517,902 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The associated bank loan carrying values totaled $55,831,600 and $46,153,283 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded impairment losses on commercial real estate held for sale of $-0- and $31,429, respectively. These impairment losses relate to an office building held by the life insurance segment. Impairment losses are included in gains (losses) on investment and other assets on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings.

The following is a summary of the Company’s commercial real estate held for investment for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance		Total Square Footage
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Utah (1)	$ 111,008,057	$ 100,927,528	379,066	379,066
Louisiana	2,981,296	2,998,684	84,841	84,841
Mississippi	2,909,508	2,914,498	21,521	21,521
California	389,145	-	2,872	-

	$ 117,288,006	$ 106,840,710	488,300	485,428

(1) Includes Center53 phase 1 and phase 2 which is under construction.

The following is a summary of the Company’s commercial real estate held for sale for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance		Total Square Footage
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Kansas	4,000,000	4,000,000	222,679	222,679
Texas (1)	249,000	249,000	-	-
Mississippi	151,553	151,553	-	-

	$ 4,400,553	$ 4,400,553	222,679	222,679

(1) Improved commercial pad

These properties are all actively being marketed with the assistance of commercial real estate brokers in the markets where the properties are located. The Company expects these properties to sell within the coming 12 months.

Residential Real Estate Held for Investment and Held for Sale

The Company owns a small portfolio of residential homes primarily as a result of loan foreclosures. The Company has the option to sell them or to continue to hold them for cash flow and acceptable returns. The Company also invests in residential subdivision land developments.

The Company established Security National Real Estate Services (“SNRE”) to manage the residential portfolio. SNRE cultivates and maintains the preferred vendor relationships necessary to manage costs and quality of work performed on the portfolio of homes across the country.

As of March 31, 2021, SNRE manages 5 residential properties in 4 states across the United States.

The net ending balance of foreclosed residential real estate included in residential real estate held for investment and sale is $1,657,285 and $4,327,079 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 the Company did not record any impairment losses on residential real estate held for investment or held for sale. Impairment losses, if any, are included in gains (losses) on investment and other assets on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings.

The following is a summary of the Company’s residential real estate held for investment for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Utah (1)	39,466,349	$ 24,557,562
Washington (2)	286,181	286,181
	$ 39,752,530	$ 24,843,743

(1) Includes subdivision land developments

(2) Improved residential lots

Additional information regarding the Company’s subdivision land developments in Utah is summarized as follows:

	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Lots available for sale	81	36
Lots to be developed	369	350
Ending Balance (1)	$ 39,251,557	$ 23,777,478

(1) The estimated remaining cost to complete the undeveloped lots is $15,613,000 and $17,354,000 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The following is a summary of the Company’s residential real estate held for sale for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Nevada	$ 979,640	$ 979,640
Florida	166,673	744,322
Ohio	10,000	10,000
Utah	-	1,744,292
	$ 1,156,313	$ 3,478,254

These properties are all actively being marketed with the assistance of residential real estate brokers in the markets where the properties are located. The Company expects these properties to sell within the coming 12 months.

Real Estate Owned and Occupied by the Company

The primary business units of the Company occupy a portion of the real estate owned by the Company. As of March 31, 2021, real estate owned and occupied by the Company is summarized as follows:

Location	Business Segment	Approximate Square Footage	Square Footage Occupied by the Company
121 W. Election Rd., Draper, UT	Corporate Offices, Life Insurance and Cemetery/Mortuary Operations	78,979	18%
5201 Green Street, Salt Lake City, UT (1)	Life Insurance and Mortgage Operations	39,157	73%
1044 River Oaks Dr., Flowood, MS	Life Insurance Operations	19,694	28%
1818 Marshall Street, Shreveport, LA (1)	Life Insurance Operations	12,274	100%
909 Foisy Street, Alexandria, LA (1)	Life Insurance Sales	8,059	100%
812 Sheppard Street, Minden, LA (1)	Life Insurance Sales	1,560	100%
1550 N 3rd Street, Jena, LA (1)	Life Insurance Sales	1,737	100%

(1) Included in property and equipment on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

Mortgage Loans Held for Investment

Mortgage loans held for investment consist of first and second mortgages. The mortgage loans bear interest at rates ranging from 2.0% to 10.5%, maturity dates range from nine months to 30 years and are secured by real estate. Concentrations of credit risk arise when a number of mortgage loan debtors have similar economic characteristics that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in economic conditions. Although the Company has a diversified mortgage loan portfolio consisting of residential mortgages, commercial loans and residential construction loans and requires collateral on all real estate exposures, a substantial portion of its debtors’ ability to honor obligations is reliant on the economic stability of the geographic region in which the debtors do business. At March 31, 2021, the Company had 54%, 14%, 9%, 3%, 3% and 3% of its mortgage loans from borrowers located in the states of Utah, Florida, Texas, California, Nevada, and Arizona, respectively. At December 31, 2020, the Company had 57%, 13%, 9%, 4%, 3% and 3% of its mortgage loans from borrowers located in the states of Utah, Florida, Texas, California, Nevada and Arizona, respectively.

Mortgage loans held for investment are carried at their unpaid principal balances adjusted for net deferred fees, charge-offs, premiums, discounts and the related allowance for loan losses. Interest income is included in net investment income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings and is recognized when earned. The Company defers related material loan origination fees, net of related direct loan origination costs, and amortizes the net fees over the term of the loans. Origination fees are included in net investment income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings.

Mortgage loans are secured by the underlying property and require an appraisal at the time of underwriting and funding. Generally, the Company will fund a loan not to exceed 80% of the loan’s collateral fair market value. Amounts over 80% will require additional collateral or mortgage insurance by an approved third-party insurer.

The Company provides for losses on its mortgage loans held for investment through an allowance for loan losses (a contra-asset account). The allowance is comprised of two components. The first component is an allowance for collectively evaluated impairment that is based upon the Company’s historical experience in collecting similar receivables. The second component is based upon individual evaluation of loans that are determined to be impaired. Upon determining impairment, the Company establishes an individual impairment allowance based upon an assessment of the fair value of the underlying collateral. In addition, when a mortgage loan is past due more than 90 days, the Company does not accrue any interest income. When a loan becomes delinquent, the Company proceeds to foreclose on the real estate and all expenses for foreclosure are expensed as incurred. Once foreclosed, an adjustment for the lower of cost or fair value is made, if necessary, and the amount is classified as real estate held for investment or held for sale.

The allowance for losses on mortgage loans held for investment could change based on changes in the value of the underlying collateral, the performance status of the loans, or the Company’s actual collection experience. The actual losses could change, in the near term, from the established allowance, based upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of these events.

For purposes of determining the allowance for losses, the Company has segmented its mortgage loans held for investment by loan type. The Company’s loan types are commercial, residential, and residential construction. The inherent risks within the portfolio vary depending upon the loan type as follows:

Commercial - Underwritten in accordance with the Company’s policies to determine the borrower’s ability to repay the obligation as agreed. Commercial loans are made primarily based on the underlying collateral supporting the loan. Accordingly, the repayment of a commercial loan depends primarily on the collateral and its ability to generate income and secondary on the borrower’s (or guarantors) ability to repay.

Residential – Secured by family dwelling units. These loans are secured by first mortgages on the unit, which are generally the primary residence of the borrower, generally at a loan-to-value ratio (“LTV”) of 80% or less.

Residential construction (including land acquisition and development) – Underwritten in accordance with the Company’s underwriting policies which include a financial analysis of the builders, borrowers (guarantors), construction cost estimates, and independent appraisal valuations. These loans will rely on the value associated with the project upon completion. These cost and valuation estimates may be inaccurate. Construction loans generally involve the disbursement of substantial funds over a short period of time with repayment substantially dependent upon the success of the completed project and the ability of the borrower to secure long-term financing. Additionally, land is underwritten according to the Company’s policies, which include independent appraisal valuations as well as the estimated value associated with the land upon completion of development into finished lots. These cost and valuation estimates may be inaccurate. These loans are considered to be of a higher risk than other mortgage loans due to their ultimate repayment being sensitive to general economic conditions, availability of long-term or construction financing, and interest rate sensitivity.

The Company establishes a valuation allowance for credit losses in its mortgage loans held for investment portfolio. The following is a summary of the allowance for loan losses as a contra-asset account for the periods presented:

	Commercial	Residential	Residential Construction	Total
March 31, 2021
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance - January 1, 2021	$ 187,129	$ 1,774,796	$ 43,202	$ 2,005,127
Charge-offs	-	-	-	-
Provision	-	(107,972)	-	(107,972)
Ending balance - March 31, 2021	$ 187,129	$ 1,666,824	$ 43,202	$ 1,897,155

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ -	$ 207,578	$ -	$ 207,578

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 187,129	$ 1,459,246	$ 43,202	$ 1,689,577

Mortgage loans:
Ending balance	$ 55,065,455	$ 88,266,355	$ 105,450,591	$ 248,782,401

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ 1,068,365	$ 4,436,082	$ 200,963	$ 5,705,410

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 53,997,090	$ 83,830,273	$ 105,249,628	$ 243,076,991

December 31, 2020
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance	$ 187,129	$ 1,222,706	$ 43,202	$ 1,453,037
Charge-offs	-	-	-	-
Provision	-	552,090	-	552,090
Ending balance	$ 187,129	$ 1,774,796	$ 43,202	$ 2,005,127

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ -	$ 219,905	$ -	$ 219,905

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 187,129	$ 1,554,891	$ 43,202	$ 1,785,222

Mortgage loans:
Ending balance	$ 46,836,866	$ 111,111,777	$ 95,822,448	$ 253,771,091

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ 2,148,827	$ 7,932,680	$ 200,963	$ 10,282,470

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 44,688,039	$ 103,179,097	$ 95,621,485	$ 243,488,621

The following is a summary of the aging of mortgage loans held for investment for the periods presented:

	Commercial	Residential	Residential Construction	Total
March 31, 2021
30-59 Days Past Due	$ -	$ 4,352,659	$ 301,071	$ 4,653,730
60-89 Days Past Due	2,027,048	1,317,057	-	3,344,105
Greater Than 90 Days (1)	817,429	2,522,314	-	3,339,743
In Process of Foreclosure (1)	250,936	1,913,768	200,963	2,365,667
Total Past Due	3,095,413	10,105,798	502,034	13,703,245
Current	51,970,042	78,160,557	104,948,557	235,079,156
Total Mortgage Loans	55,065,455	88,266,355	105,450,591	248,782,401
Allowance for Loan Losses	(187,129)	(1,666,824)	(43,202)	(1,897,155)
Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(115,893)	(951,108)	(156,013)	(1,223,014)
Unamortized discounts, net	(358,587)	(351,693)	-	(710,280)
Net Mortgage Loans	$ 54,403,846	$ 85,296,730	$ 105,251,376	$ 244,951,952

December 31, 2020
30-59 Days Past Due	$ 233,200	$ 5,866,505	$ 127,191	$ 6,226,896
60-89 Days Past Due	812,780	2,048,148	-	2,860,928
Greater Than 90 Days (1)	2,148,827	5,669,583	-	7,818,410
In Process of Foreclosure (1)	-	2,263,097	200,963	2,464,060
Total Past Due	3,194,807	15,847,333	328,154	19,370,294
Current	43,642,059	79,975,115	110,783,623	234,400,797
Total Mortgage Loans	46,836,866	95,822,448	111,111,777	253,771,091
Allowance for Loan Losses	(187,129)	(1,774,796)	(43,202)	(2,005,127)
Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(32,557)	(909,864)	(218,711)	(1,161,132)
Unamortized discounts, net	(880,721)	(380,175)	-	(1,260,896)
Net Mortgage Loans	$ 45,736,459	$ 92,757,613	$ 110,849,864	$ 249,343,936

(1) Interest income is not recognized on loans past due greater than 90 days or in foreclosure.

Impaired Mortgage Loans Held for Investment

Impaired mortgage loans held for investment include loans with a related specific valuation allowance or loans whose carrying amount has been reduced to the expected collectible amount because the impairment has been considered other than temporary. The recorded investment in and unpaid principal balance of impaired loans along with the related loan specific allowance for losses, if any, for each reporting period and the average recorded investment and interest income recognized during the time the loans were impaired were as follows:

	Recorded Investment	Unpaid Principal Balance	Related Allowance	Average Recorded Investment	Interest Income Recognized
March 31, 2021
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ 1,068,365	$ 1,068,365	$ -	$ 1,068,365	$ -
Residential	3,054,262	3,054,262	-	3,054,262	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	200,963	-

With an allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -
Residential	1,381,820	1,381,820	207,578	1,381,820	-
Residential construction	-	-	-	-	-

Total:
Commercial	$ 1,068,365	$ 1,068,365	$ -	$ 1,068,365	$ -
Residential	4,436,082	4,436,082	207,578	4,436,082	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	200,963	-

December 31, 2020
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ 2,148,827	$ 2,148,827	$ -	$ 1,866,819	$ -
Residential	6,415,419	6,415,419	-	5,010,078	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	555,278	-

With an allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -
Residential	1,517,261	1,517,261	219,905	1,182,368	-
Residential construction	-	-	-	-	-

Total:
Commercial	$ 2,148,827	$ 2,148,827	$ -	$ 1,866,819	$ -
Residential	7,932,680	7,932,680	219,905	6,192,446	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	555,278	-

Credit Risk Profile Based on Performance Status

The Company’s mortgage loan held for investment portfolio is monitored based on performance of the loans. Monitoring a mortgage loan increases when the loan is delinquent or earlier if there is an indication of impairment. The Company defines non-performing mortgage loans as loans 90 days or greater delinquent or on non-accrual status.

The Company’s performing and non-performing mortgage loans held for investment were as follows:

	Commercial		Residential		Residential Construction		Total
	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020

Performing	$ 53,997,090	$ 44,688,039	$ 83,830,273	$ 87,889,768	$ 105,249,628	$ 110,910,814	$ 243,076,991	$ 243,488,621
Non-performing	1,068,365	2,148,827	4,436,082	7,932,680	200,963	200,963	5,705,410	10,282,470

Total	$ 55,065,455	$ 46,836,866	$ 88,266,355	$ 95,822,448	$ 105,450,591	$ 111,111,777	$ 248,782,401	$ 253,771,091

Non-Accrual Mortgage Loans Held for Investment

Once a loan is past due 90 days, it is the policy of the Company to end the accrual of interest income on the loan and write off any interest income that had been accrued. Payments received for loans on a non-accrual status are recognized on a cash basis. Interest income recognized from any payments received for loans on a non-accrual status was immaterial. Accrual of interest resumes if a loan is brought current. Interest not accrued on these loans totals approximately $321,000 and $491,000 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The following is a summary of mortgage loans held for investment on a non-accrual status for the periods presented.

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020
Commercial	$ 1,068,365	$ 2,148,827
Residential	4,436,082	7,932,680
Residential construction	200,963	200,963
Total	$ 5,705,410	$ 10,282,470

4) Loans Held For Sale

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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4) Loans Held For Sale

4) Loans Held for Sale

The Company has elected the fair value option for loans held for sale. Changes in the fair value of the loans are included in mortgage fee income. Interest income is recorded based on the contractual terms of the loan and in accordance with the Company’s policy on mortgage loans held for investment and is included in mortgage fee income on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings. See Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional disclosures regarding loans held for sale.

The following is a summary of the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale for the periods presented:

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020

Aggregate fair value	$ 304,030,372	$ 422,772,418
Unpaid principal balance	294,207,728	406,407,323
Unrealized gain	9,822,644	16,365,095

Mortgage Fee Income

Mortgage fee income consists of origination fees, processing fees, interest income and certain other income related to the origination and sale of mortgage loans held for sale.

Major categories of mortgage fee income for loans held for sale are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Loan fees	$ 9,539,956	$ 8,916,153
Interest income	2,311,802	1,680,459
Secondary gains	68,438,933	26,641,492
Change in fair value of loan commitments	314,466	3,275,032
Change in fair value of loans held for sale	(6,945,882)	381,734
Provision for loan loss reserve	(660,663)	(613,109)
Mortgage fee income	$ 72,998,612	$ 40,281,761

Loan Loss Reserve

When a repurchase demand corresponding to a mortgage loan previously held for sale and sold to a third-party investor is received from a third-party investor, the relevant data is reviewed and captured so that an estimated future loss can be calculated. The key factors that are used in the estimated loss calculation are as follows: (i) lien position, (ii) payment status, (iii) claim type, (iv) unpaid principal balance, (v) interest rate, and (vi) validity of the demand. Other data is captured and is useful for management purposes; the actual estimated loss is generally based on these key factors. The Company conducts its own review upon the receipt of a repurchase demand. In many instances, the Company is able to resolve the issues relating to the repurchase demand by the third-party investor without having to make any payments to the investor.

The following is a summary of the loan loss reserve that is included in other liabilities and accrued expenses:

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020
Balance, beginning of period	$ 20,583,618	$ 4,046,288
Provision on current loan originations (1)	660,663	4,938,214
Additional provision for loan loss reserve	-	16,506,030
Charge-offs, net of recaptured amounts	(19,039,298)	(4,906,914)
Balance, end of period	$ 2,204,983	$ 20,583,618

(1) Included in mortgage fee income

The Company maintains reserves for estimated losses on current production volumes. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, $660,663 in reserves were added at a rate of 4.5 basis points per loan, the equivalent of $450 per $1,000,000 in loans originated. This is an increase over the three months ended March 31, 2020, when reserves were added at a rate of 2.5 basis points per loan originated, the equivalent of $250 per $1,000,000 in loans originated. The Company also increased its loan loss reserve for the year ended December 31, 2020 by an additional $16,506,030 to account for changes in estimates specific to settlements of loan losses. See Note 11 for additional information regarding mortgage loan loss settlements. The economic impact of COVID-19 and subsequent government action has increased the potential for losses due to early payoff penalties and potential for losses due to increased delinquency. The unique nature of these current events creates significant difficulty for forecasting potential future losses. The Company will continue to monitor data and economic conditions in order to maintain adequate loss reserves on current production. Thus, the Company believes that the final loan loss reserve as of March 31, 2021, represents its best estimate for adequate loss reserves on loans sold.

5) Stock Compensation Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

5) Stock-based Compensation

5) Stock Compensation Plans

The Company has two fixed option plans (the “2013 Plan” and the “2014 Director Plan”). Compensation expense for options issued of $39,153 and $65,877 has been recognized for these plans for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of March 31, 2021, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to the options issued was $-0-.

The fair value of each option granted is estimated on the date of grant using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model. The Company estimates the expected life of the options using the simplified method. Future volatility is estimated based upon the weighted historical volatility of the Company’s Class A common stock over a period equal to the expected life of the options. The risk-free interest rate for the expected life of the options is based upon the Federal Reserve Board’s daily interest rates in effect at the time of the grant.

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock compensation plans as of March 31, 2021, and the changes during the three months ended March 31, 2021, are presented below:

	Number of Class A Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price	Number of Class C Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price

Outstanding at January 1, 2021	1,072,863	$ 4.33	662,666	$ 4.73
Adjustment for effect of stock dividends	-		-
Granted	-		-
Exercised	(32,925)		-
Cancelled	-		-
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	1,039,938	$ 4.34	662,666	$ 4.73

As of March 31, 2021:
Options exercisable	1,039,938	$ 4.34	662,666	$ 4.73

As of March 31, 2021:
Available options for future grant	330,371		266,500

Weighted average contractual term of options
outstanding at March 31, 2021	6.28years		6.71years

Weighted average contractual term of options
exercisable at March 31, 2021	6.28years		6.71years

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
outstanding at March 31, 2021 (1)	$ 5,212,677		$ 3,059,620

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
exercisable at March 31, 2021 (1)	$ 5,212,677		$ 3,059,620

(1) The Company used a stock price of $9.35 as of March 31, 2021 to derive intrinsic value.

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock compensation plans as of March 31, 2020, and the changes during the three months ended March 31, 2020, are presented below:

	Number of Class A Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price	Number of Class C Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price

Outstanding at January 1, 2020	1,086,053	$ 4.41	594,132	$ 5.36
Adjustment for effect of stock dividends	829		-
Granted	37,500		90,000
Exercised	(42,294)		-
Cancelled	-		-
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,082,088	$ 4.44	684,132	$ 5.15

As of March 31, 2020:
Options exercisable	985,366	$ 4.42	452,381	$ 5.39

As of March 31, 2020:
Available options for future grant	97,218		-

Weighted average contractual term of options
outstanding at March 31, 2020	5.57years		5.96years

Weighted average contractual term of options
exercisable at March 31, 2020	5.16years		4.70years

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
outstanding at March 31, 2020 (1)	$ 489,237		$ 41,150

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
exercisable at March 31, 2020 (1)	$ 471,642		$ -

(1) The Company used a stock price of $4.27 as of March 31, 2020 to derive intrinsic value.

The total intrinsic value (which is the amount by which the fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of an option on the exercise date) of stock options exercised during the three months March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $139,035 and $73,072, respectively.

6) Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

6) Earnings Per Share

The basic and diluted earnings per share amounts were calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Numerator:
Net earnings	$ 12,128,715	$ 1,424,449
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	19,124,001	18,641,950
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options	884,049	191,446

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	20,008,050	18,833,396

Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.63	$ 0.08

Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.61	$ 0.08

Net earnings per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted for the effect of annual stock dividends. For the three months March 31, 2021 and 2020, there were -0- and 1,316,506 of anti-dilutive employee stock option shares, respectively, that were not included in the computation of diluted net earnings per common share as their effect would be anti-dilutive. Basic and diluted earnings per share amounts are the same for each class of common stock.

The following table summarizes the activity in shares of capital stock for the periods presented:

	Class A	Class C
Outstanding shares at December 31, 2019	16,107,779	2,500,887
Exercise of stock options	22,411	-
Stock dividends	404,839	61,720
Conversion of Class C to Class A	11,162	(11,162)
Outstanding shares at March 31, 2020	16,546,191	2,551,445

Outstanding shares at December 31, 2020	16,595,783	2,679,603
Exercise of stock options	27,926	-
Stock dividends	-	-
Conversion of Class C to Class A	48,527	(48,527)
Outstanding shares at March 31, 2021	16,672,236	2,631,076

7) Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

7) Business Segment Information

Description of Products and Services by Segment

The Company has three reportable business segments: life insurance, cemetery and mortuary, and mortgage. The Company’s life insurance segment consists of life insurance premiums and operating expenses from the sale of insurance products sold by the Company’s independent agency force and net investment income derived from investing policyholder and segment surplus funds. The Company’s cemetery and mortuary segment consists of revenues and operating expenses from the sale of at-need cemetery and mortuary merchandise and services at its mortuaries and cemeteries, pre-need sales of cemetery spaces after collection of 10% or more of the purchase price and the net investment income from investing segment surplus funds. The Company’s mortgage segment consists of fee income and expenses from the originations of residential mortgage loans and interest earned and interest expenses from warehousing loans held for sale.

Measurement of Segment Profit or Loss and Segment Assets

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the Significant Accounting Principles of the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. Intersegment revenues are recorded at cost plus an agreed upon intercompany profit, and are eliminated upon consolidation.

Factors Management Used to Identify the Enterprise’s Reportable Segments

The Company’s reportable segments are business units that are managed separately due to the different products provided and the need to report separately to the various regulatory jurisdictions. The Company regularly reviews the quantitative thresholds and other criteria to determine when other business segments may need to be reported.

	Life Insurance	Cemetery/ Mortuary	Mortgage	Intercompany Eliminations	Consolidated
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Revenues from external customers	$ 38,943,834	$ 6,999,265	$ 76,715,507	$ -	$ 122,658,606
Intersegment revenues	1,902,052	77,507	161,016	(2,140,575)	-
Segment profit before income taxes	2,695,028	2,700,945	10,959,082	-	16,355,055

Identifiable Assets	1,174,305,180	57,269,639	337,524,300	(84,391,181)	1,484,707,938
Goodwill	2,765,570	754,018	-	-	3,519,588
Total Assets	1,177,070,750	58,023,657	337,524,300	(84,391,181)	1,488,227,526
		-
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Revenues from external customers	$ 33,205,762	$ 4,013,696	$ 42,389,491	$ -	$ 79,608,949
Intersegment revenues	908,168	103,514	200,332	(1,212,014)	-
Segment profit before income taxes	(3,069,167)	104,801	4,438,600	-	1,474,234

Identifiable Assets	1,124,244,140	79,695,043	278,195,425	(109,493,359)	1,372,641,249
Goodwill	2,765,570	754,018	-	-	3,519,588
Total Assets	1,127,009,710	80,449,061	278,195,425	(109,493,359)	1,376,160,837

- Definition

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

+ References

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 31
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8981-108599

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

GAAP defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. GAAP also specifies a fair value hierarchy based upon the observability of inputs used in valuation techniques. Observable inputs (highest level) reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs (lowest level) reflect internally developed market assumptions. Fair value measurements are classified under the following hierarchy:

Level 1: Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the Company can access.

Level 2: Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on the following:

a) Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

b) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets; or

Valuation models whose inputs are observable, directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3: Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs may reflect the Company’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the financial assets and financial liabilities.

The Company utilizes a combination of third-party valuation service providers, brokers, and internal valuation models to determine fair value.

The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating the fair value disclosures related to significant financial instruments.

The items shown under Level 1 and Level 2 are valued as follows:

Fixed Maturity Securities Available for Sale: The fair values of fixed maturity securities are based on quoted market prices, when available. For fixed maturity securities not actively traded, fair values are estimated using values obtained from independent pricing services, or in the case of private placements (considered Level 3 investments), are estimated by discounting expected future cash flows using a current market value applicable to the coupon rate, credit and maturity of the investments.

Equity Securities: The fair values for equity securities are based on quoted market prices.

Restricted Assets: A portion of these assets include mutual funds and equity securities and fixed maturity securities that have quoted market prices that are used to determine fair value. Also included are cash and cash equivalents and participations in mortgage loans. The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature.

Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments: A portion of these assets include equity securities and fixed maturity securities that have quoted market prices that are used to determine fair value. Also included are cash and cash equivalents. The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature.

Call and Put Option Derivatives: The fair values for call and put options are based on quoted market prices.

The items shown under Level 3 are valued as follows:

Loans Held for Sale: The Company elected the fair value option for loans held for sale. The fair value is based on quoted market prices, when available. When a quoted market price is not readily available, the Company uses the market price from its last sale of similar assets.

Loan Commitments and Forward Sale Commitments: The Company’s mortgage segment enters into loan commitments with potential borrowers and forward sale commitments to sell loans to third-party investors. The Company also uses a hedging strategy for these transactions. A loan commitment binds the Company to lend funds to a qualified borrower at a specified interest rate and within a specified period of time, generally up to 30 days after issuance of the loan commitment. Loan commitments are defined to be derivatives under GAAP and are recognized at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets with changes in their fair values recorded in current earnings.

The Company estimates the fair value of a loan commitment based on the change in estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan, quoted MBS prices, estimates of the fair value of mortgage servicing rights, and an estimate of the probability that the mortgage loan will fund within the terms of the commitment. The change in fair value of the underlying mortgage loan is measured from the date the loan commitment is issued. Following issuance, the value of a mortgage loan commitment can be either positive or negative depending upon the change in value of the underlying mortgage loans. Fallout rates and other factors from the Company’s recent historical data are used to estimate the quantity and value of mortgage loans that will fund within the terms of the commitments.

Impaired Mortgage Loans Held for Investment: The Company believes that the fair value of these nonperforming loans will approximate the unpaid principal balance expected to be recovered based on the fair value of the underlying collateral. For residential and commercial properties, the collateral value is estimated by obtaining an independent appraisal. The appraisal typically considers area comparables and property condition as well as potential rental income that could be generated (particularly for commercial properties). For residential construction loans, the collateral is typically incomplete, so fair value is estimated as the replacement cost using data from a provider of building cost information to the real estate construction.

Impaired Real Estate Held for Investment: The Company believes that in an orderly market, fair value will approximate the replacement cost of a home and the rental income provides a cash flow stream for investment analysis. The Company believes the highest and best use of the properties are as income producing assets since it is the Company’s intent to hold the properties as rental properties, matching the income from the investment in rental properties with the funds required for future estimated policy claims.

It should be noted that for replacement cost, when determining the fair value of real estate held for investment, the Company uses a provider of building cost information to the real estate construction industry. For the investment analysis, the Company uses market data based upon its real estate operation experience and projected the present value of the net rental income over seven years. The Company also considers area comparables and property condition when determining fair value.

In addition to this analysis performed by the Company, the Company depreciates Real Estate Held for Investment. This depreciation reduces the book value of these properties and lessens the exposure to the Company from further deterioration in real estate values.

Mortgage Servicing Rights: The Company initially recognizes Mortgage Servicing Rights (“MSRs”) at their estimated fair values derived from the net cash flows associated with the servicing contracts, where the Company assumes the obligation to service the loan in the sale transaction. See Note 12 for more information regarding MSRs.

The following tables summarize Level 1, 2 and 3 financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis by their classification in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2021.

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 279,550,528	$ -	$ 277,359,435	$ 2,191,093
Equity securities	11,154,495	11,154,495	-	-
Loans held for sale	304,030,372	-	-	304,030,372
Restricted assets (1)	1,456,017	-	1,456,017	-
Restricted assets (2)	2,704,704	2,704,704	-	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (1)	738,979	-	738,979	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	2,208,138	2,208,138	-	-
Derivatives - loan commitments (3)	10,671,623	-	-	10,671,623
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ 612,514,856	$ 16,067,337	$ 279,554,431	$ 316,893,088

Liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Derivatives - call options (4)	$ (79,567)	$ (79,567)	$ -	$ -
Derivatives - loan commitments (4)	(228,547)	-	-	(228,547)
Total liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ (308,114)	$ (79,567)	$ -	$ (228,547)

(1) Fixed maturity securities available for sale

(2) Equity securities

(3) Included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets

(4) Included in other liabilities and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 294,656,679	$ -	$ 292,455,504	$ 2,201,175
Equity securities	11,324,239	11,324,239	-	-
Loans held for sale	422,772,418	-	-	422,772,418
Restricted assets (1)	1,473,637	-	1,473,637	-
Restricted assets (2)	2,515,778	2,515,778	-	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (1)	747,767	-	747,767	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	2,062,303	2,062,303	-	-
Derivatives - loan commitments (3)	12,592,672	-	-	12,592,672
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ 748,145,493	$ 15,902,320	$ 294,676,908	$ 437,566,265

Liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Derivatives - call options (4)	$ (43,097)	$ (43,097)	$ -	$ -
Derivatives - loan commitments (4)	(2,464,062)	-	-	(2,464,062)
Total liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ (2,507,159)	$ (43,097)	$ -	$ (2,464,062)

(1) Fixed maturity securities available for sale

(2) Equity securities

(3) Included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets

(4) Included in other liabilities and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets

For Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2021, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements were as follows:

			Significant	Range of Inputs
	Fair Value at	Valuation	Unobservable	Minimum	Maximum	Weighted
	3/31/2021	Technique	Input(s)	Value	Value	Average
Loans held for sale	$ 304,030,372	Market approach	Investor contract pricing as a percentage of unpaid principal balance	95.0%	109.0%	103.0%

Derivatives - loan commitments (net)	10,443,076	Market approach	Pull-through rate	61.0%	92.0%	82.0%
			Initial-Value	N/A	N/A	N/A
			Servicing	0 bps	129 bps	55 bps

Fixed maturity securities available for sale	2,191,093	Broker quotes	Pricing quotes	$ 90.83	$ 119.33	$ 113.57

For Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements were as follows:

			Significant	Range of Inputs
	Fair Value at	Valuation	Unobservable	Minimum	Maximum	Weighted
	12/31/2020	Technique	Input(s)	Value	Value	Average
Loans held for sale	$ 422,772,418	Market approach	Investor contract pricing as a percentage of unpaid principal balance	99.0%	110.0%	104.0%

Derivatives - loan commitments (net)	10,128,610	Market approach	Pull-through rate	52.0%	92.0%	81.0%
			Initial-Value	N/A	N/A	N/A
			Servicing	0 bps	184 bps	58 bps

Fixed maturity securities available for sale	2,201,175	Broker quotes	Pricing quotes	$ 90.83	$ 119.33	$ 113.47

Following is a summary of changes in the condensed consolidated balance sheet line items measured using level 3 inputs:

	Net Loan Commitments		Loans Held for Sale		Fixed Maturity Securities Available for Sale
Balance - December 31, 2020	$ 10,128,610		$ 422,772,418		$ 2,201,175
Originations and purchases	-		1,449,841,009		-
Sales, maturities and paydowns	-		(1,614,880,058)		(11,100)
Transfer to mortgage loans held for investment	-		(201,951)		-
Total gains (losses):
Included in earnings	314,466	(1)	46,498,954	(1)	893	(2)
Included in other comprehensive income	-		-		125

Balance - March 31, 2021	$ 10,443,076		$ 304,030,372		$ 2,191,093

(1) As a component of Mortgage fee income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

(2) As a component of Net investment income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

Following is a summary of changes in the condensed consolidated balance sheet line items measured using level 3 inputs:

	Net Loan Commitments		Loans Held for Sale		Fixed Maturity Securities Available for Sale
Balance - December 31, 2019	$ 2,491,233		$ 213,457,632		$ 3,216,382
Originations and purchases	-		792,193,592		-
Sales, maturities and paydowns	-		(739,130,456)		(10,300)
Transfer to mortgage loans held for investment	-		(8,933,676)		-
Total gains (losses):
Included in earnings	3,275,032	(1)	23,465,484	(1)	828	(2)
Included in other comprehensive income	-		-		68,416

Balance - March 31, 2020	$ 5,766,265		$ 281,052,576		$ 3,275,326

(1) As a component of Mortgage fee income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

(2) As a component of Net investment income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

The following tables summarize Level 1, 2 and 3 financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis by their classification in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2021.

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	$ 1,174,242	$ -	$ -	$ 1,174,242
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$ 1,174,242	$ -	$ -	$ 1,174,242

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	$ 1,297,356	$ -	$ -	$ 1,297,356
Impaired real estate held for sale	4,249,000	-	-	4,249,000
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$ 5,546,356	$ -	$ -	$ 5,546,356

Fair Value of Financial Instruments Carried at Other Than Fair Value

ASC 825, Financial Instruments, requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate that value.

Management uses its best judgment in estimating the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments; however, there are inherent limitations in any estimation technique. Therefore, for substantially all financial instruments, the fair value estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company could have realized in a sales transaction at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The carrying values and estimated fair values for such financial instruments, and their corresponding placement in the fair value hierarchy, are summarized as follows as of March 31, 2021:

	Carrying Value	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total Estimated Fair Value
Assets
Mortgage loans held for investment
Residential	$ 85,296,730	$ -	$ -	$ 90,940,077	$ 90,940,077
Residential construction	105,251,376	-	-	105,251,376	105,251,376
Commercial	54,403,846	-	-	55,014,500	55,014,500
Mortgage loans held for investment, net	$ 244,951,952	$ -	$ -	$ 251,205,953	$ 251,205,953
Policy loans	13,946,739	-	-	13,946,739	13,946,739
Insurance assignments, net (1)	52,955,925	-	-	52,955,925	52,955,925
Restricted assets (2)	3,076,760	-	-	3,076,760	3,076,760
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	1,450,600	-	-	1,450,600	1,450,600
Mortgage servicing rights, net	42,779,361	-	-	55,087,150	55,087,150

Liabilities
Bank and other loans payable	$ (245,973,378)	$ -	$ -	$ (245,973,378)	$ (245,973,378)
Policyholder account balances (3)	(43,728,587)	-	-	(42,141,870)	(42,141,870)
Future policy benefits - annuities (3)	(108,202,268)	-	-	(112,119,227)	(112,119,227)

(1) Included in other investments and policy loans on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

(2) Mortgage loans held for investment

(3) Included in future policy benefits and unpaid claims on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

The carrying values and estimated fair values for such financial instruments, and their corresponding placement in the fair value hierarchy, are summarized as follows as of December 31, 2020:

	Carrying Value	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total Estimated Fair Value
Assets
Mortgage loans held for investment
Residential	$ 92,757,613	$ -	$ -	$ 100,384,283	$ 100,384,283
Residential construction	110,849,864	-	-	110,849,864	110,849,864
Commercial	45,736,459	-	-	45,259,425	45,259,425
Mortgage loans held for investment, net	$ 249,343,936	$ -	$ -	$ 256,493,572	$ 256,493,572
Policy loans	14,171,589	-	-	14,171,589	14,171,589
Insurance assignments, net (1)	51,585,656	-	-	51,585,656	51,585,656
Restricted assets (2)	3,317,877	-	-	3,317,877	3,317,877
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	1,468,600	-	-	1,468,600	1,468,600
Mortgage servicing rights, net	35,210,516	-	-	38,702,358	38,702,358

Liabilities
Bank and other loans payable	$ (297,824,368)	$ -	$ -	$ (297,824,368)	$ (297,824,368)
Policyholder account balances (3)	(44,026,809)	-	-	(42,220,725)	(42,220,725)
Future policy benefits - annuities (3)	(106,522,113)	-	-	(112,354,186)	(112,354,186)

(1) Included in other investments and policy loans on the consolidated balance sheets

(2) Mortgage loans held for investment

(3) Included in future policy benefits and unpaid claims on the consolidated balance sheets

The methods, assumptions and significant valuation techniques and inputs used to estimate the fair value of these financial instruments are summarized as follows:

Mortgage Loans Held for Investment: The estimated fair value of the Company’s mortgage loans held for investment is determined using various methods. The Company’s mortgage loans are grouped into three categories: Residential, Residential Construction and Commercial. When estimating the expected future cash flows, it is assumed that all loans will be held to maturity, and any loans that are non-performing are evaluated individually for impairment.

Residential – The estimated fair value is determined through a combination of discounted cash flows (estimating expected future cash flows of payments and discounting them using current interest rates from single family mortgages) and considering pricing of similar loans that were sold recently.

Residential Construction – These loans are primarily short in maturity. Accordingly, the estimated fair value is determined to be the carrying value.

Commercial – The estimated fair value is determined by estimating expected future cash flows of payments and discounting them using current interest rates for commercial mortgages.

Policy Loans: The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet for these financial instruments approximate their fair values because they are fully collateralized by the cash surrender value of the underlying insurance policies.

Insurance Assignments, Net: These investments are primarily short in maturity, accordingly, the carrying amounts reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet for these financial instruments approximate their fair values.

Bank and Other Loans Payable: The carrying amounts reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet for these financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their relatively short-term maturities and variable interest rates.

Policyholder Account Balances and Future Policy Benefits-Annuities: Future policy benefit reserves for interest-sensitive insurance products are computed under a retrospective deposit method and represent policy account balances before applicable surrender charges. Policy benefits and claims that are charged to expense include benefit claims incurred in the period in excess of related policy account balances. Interest crediting rates for interest-sensitive insurance products ranged from 1.5% to 6.5%. The fair values for these investment-type insurance contracts are estimated based on the present value of liability cash flows. The fair values for the Company’s insurance contracts other than investment-type contracts are not required to be disclosed. However, the fair values of liabilities under all insurance contracts are taken into consideration in the Company’s overall management of interest rate risk, such that the Company’s exposure to changing interest rates is minimized through the matching of investment maturities with amounts due under insurance contracts.

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The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

9) Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company records an allowance and recognizes an expense for potential losses from other investments and receivables in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Receivables are the result of cemetery and mortuary operations, mortgage loan operations and life insurance operations. The allowance is based upon the Company’s historical experience for collectively evaluated impairment. Other allowances are based upon receivables individually evaluated for impairment. Collectability of the cemetery and mortuary receivables is significantly influenced by current economic conditions. The critical issues that impact recovery of mortgage loan operations are interest rate risk, loan underwriting, new regulations and the overall economy

10) Derivative Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

10) Derivative Instruments

Mortgage Banking Derivatives

Loan Commitments

The Company is exposed to price risk due to the potential impact of changes in interest rates on the values of loan commitments from the time a loan commitment is made to an applicant to the time the loan that would result from the exercise of that loan commitment is funded. Managing price risk is complicated by the fact that the ultimate percentage of loan commitments that will be exercised (i.e., the number of loans that will be funded) fluctuates. The probability that a loan will not be funded or the loan application is denied or withdrawn within the terms of the commitment is driven by a number of factors, particularly the change, if any, in mortgage rates following the issuance of the loan commitment.

In general, the probability of funding increases if mortgage rates rise and decreases if mortgage rates fall. This is due primarily to the relative attractiveness of current mortgage rates compared to the applicant’s committed rate. The probability that a loan will not be funded within the terms of the mortgage loan commitment also is influenced by the source of the applications (retail, broker or correspondent channels), proximity to rate lock expiration, purpose for the loan (purchase or refinance), product type and the application approval status. The Company has developed fallout estimates using historical data that take into account all of the variables, as well as renegotiations of rate and point commitments that tend to occur when mortgage rates fall. These fallout estimates are used to estimate the number of loans that the Company expects to be funded within the terms of the loan commitments and are updated periodically to reflect the most current data.

The Company estimates the fair value of a loan commitment based on the change in estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan, quoted mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) prices, estimates of the fair value of mortgage servicing rights, and an estimate of the probability that the mortgage loan will fund within the terms of the commitment. The change in fair value of the underlying mortgage loan is measured from the date the loan commitment is issued and is shown net of expenses. Following issuance, the value of a loan commitment can be either positive or negative depending upon the change in value of the underlying mortgage loans.

Forward Sale Commitments

The Company utilizes forward commitments to economically hedge the price risk associated with its outstanding mortgage loan commitments. A forward commitment protects the Company from losses on sales of the loans arising from exercise of the loan commitments. Management expects these types of commitments will experience changes in fair value opposite to changes in fair value of the loan commitments, thereby reducing earnings volatility related to the recognition in earnings of changes in the values of the commitments.

The net changes in fair value of loan commitments and forward sale commitments are shown in current earnings as a component of mortgage fee income on the consolidated statements of earnings. Mortgage banking derivatives are shown in other assets and other liabilities and accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Call and Put Options

The Company uses a strategy of selling “out of the money” call options on its equity securities as a source of revenue. The options give the purchaser the right to buy from the Company specified equity securities at a set price up to a pre-determined date in the future. The Company uses the strategy of selling put options as a means of generating cash or purchasing equity securities at lower than current market prices. The Company receives an immediate payment of cash for the value of the option and establishes a liability for the fair value of the option. The liability for options is adjusted to fair value at each reporting date. In the event a call option is exercised, the Company sells the equity security at a favorable price enhanced by the value of the option that was sold. If the option expires unexercised, the Company recognizes a gain from the expired option. In the event a put option is exercised, the Company acquires an equity security at the strike price of the option reduced by the value received from the sale of the put option. The equity security is then treated as a normal equity security in the Company’s portfolio. The net changes in the fair value of call and put options are shown in current earnings as a component of realized gains (losses) on investments and other assets. Call and put options are shown in other liabilities and accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table shows the notional amount and fair value of derivatives as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

	Fair Values and Notional Values of Derivative Instruments
		March 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount	Asset Fair Value	Liability Fair Value	Notional Amount	Asset Fair Value	Liability Fair Value
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Loan commitments	Other assets and Other liabilities	$ 817,802,853	$ 10,671,623	$ 228,547	$ 659,245,038	$ 12,592,672	$ 2,464,062
Call options	Other liabilities	2,042,500	-	79,567	1,873,200	-	43,097
Total		$ 819,845,353	$ 10,671,623	$ 308,114	$ 661,118,238	$ 12,592,672	$ 2,507,159

The following table shows the gains and losses on derivatives for the periods presented.

		Net Amount Gain (Loss)
		Three Months Ended March 31
Derivative	Classification	2021	2020
Loan commitments	Mortgage fee income	$ 314,466	$ 3,275,032

Call and put options	Gains on investments and other assets	$ 26,762	$ (737,860)

11) Reinsurance, Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

11) Reinsurance, Commitments and Contingencies

Reinsurance

The Company follows the procedure of reinsuring risks in excess of a specified limit, which ranges from $25,000 to $100,000. The Company is liable for these amounts in the event such reinsurers are unable to pay their portion of the claims. The Company has also assumed insurance from other companies.

Mortgage Loan Loss Settlements

Future loan losses can be extremely difficult to estimate. However, the Company believes that the Company’s reserve methodology and its current practice of property preservation allow it to estimate its potential losses on loans sold. The estimated liability for indemnification losses is included in other liabilities and accrued expenses and, as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the balances were $2,204,983 and $20,583,618, respectively. The Company believes that the final loan loss reserve as of March 31, 2021, represents its best estimate for adequate loss reserves on loans sold.

Mortgage Loan Loss Litigation

Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

From 2004 to early 2008, SecurityNational Mortgage Company (“SecurityNational Mortgage”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, originated “limited documentation” or “reduced documentation” loans which were sold to certain affiliates of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“Lehman Holdings”). Certain of these loans became the subject of disputes between SecurityNational Mortgage and Lehman Holdings and certain Lehman Holdings affiliates. Lehman Holdings filed a Petition for Relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in 2008. In May of 2011, SecurityNational Mortgage filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against certain Lehman Holdings affiliates. In June of 2011, Lehman Holdings filed a complaint in Federal District Court against SecurityNational Mortgage, both of which were later resolved. In 2016, certain other pending loan disputes between SecurityNational Mortgage and Lehman Holdings became the subject of an unsuccessful, non-binding alternate dispute resolution mediation proceeding.

Thereafter, in 2016, Lehman Holdings filed an adversary proceeding complaint against approximately 150 mortgage loan originators, including SecurityNational Mortgage, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York, which included seeking damages relating to the alleged obligations of the defendants under indemnification provisions of alleged agreements, in amounts to be determined at trial, including interest, attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Lehman Holdings in enforcing the obligations of the defendants. The complaint was later amended with the latest amended complaint filed against SecurityNational Mortgage on December 27, 2016, seeking damages to be determined at trial, including interest, attorneys’ fees and costs. This complaint involved approximately 135 mortgage loans, there being millions of dollars allegedly in dispute. These claims against SecurityNational Mortgage were asserted as a result of Lehman Holdings’ earlier settlements with the FederalNational Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Corporation (“Freddie Mac”).

In 2018, Lehman Holdings filed a separate adversary proceeding complaint against SecurityNational Mortgage. This adversary proceeding allegedly involved approximately 577 mortgage loans relative to private securitization trusts (“RMBS Loans”) and millions of dollars in damages. Thereafter, Lehman Holdings made a filing that effectively reduced the number of RMBS Loans to 248. This proceeding was in addition to the above-referenced proceeding involving the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage loans. As with the above-referenced proceeding, damages were sought including interest, costs, and attorneys’ fees.

SecurityNational Mortgage, as well as other defendants, have been involved in written discovery, and production of documents relative to the cases, and the filing of motions. The deposition phase of the cases was yet to begin, as well as the later expert witness phase. Those phases would require substantial expenditures of legal fees and costs.

On February 1, 2021, SecurityNational Mortgage executed a settlement agreement with Lehman Holdings in relation to these two adversary proceedings wherein all mortgage loan related claims were resolved, thereby ending all liabilities asserted by Lehman Holdings and conclusively ending all proceedings between SecurityNational Mortgage and Lehman Holdings. In accordance with GAAP, the full amount of SecurityNational Mortgage’s settlement payment was accounted for in the Company’s loan loss reserve as of December 31, 2020 and was paid during the first quarter 2021.

Debt Covenants for Mortgage Warehouse Lines of Credit

The Company, through its subsidiary SecurityNational Mortgage, has a $150,000,000 line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. The agreement charges interest at the 1-Month LIBOR rate plus 2.1% and matures on June 24, 2021. SecurityNational Mortgage is required to comply with covenants for adjusted tangible net worth, unrestricted cash balance, the ratio of indebtedness to adjusted tangible net worth, and the liquidity overhead coverage ratio, and a quarterly gross profit of at least $1.00.

The Company, through its subsidiary SecurityNational Mortgage, has a line of credit with Texas Capital Bank N.A. This agreement with the bank allows SecurityNational Mortgage to borrow up to $175,000,000 for the sole purpose of funding mortgage loans. The agreement charges interest at the 1-Month LIBOR rate plus 2% and matures on November 15, 2021. The Company is required to comply with covenants for adjusted tangible net worth, unrestricted cash balance, and minimum combined pre-tax income (excluding any changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights) of at least $1.00 on a rolling four-quarter basis.

The Company through its subsidiary SecurityNational Mortgage, has a line of credit with Comerica Bank. This agreement with the bank allows SecurityNational Mortgage to borrow up to $90,000,000 for the sole purpose of funding mortgage loans. The agreement charges interest at the 1-Month LIBOR rate plus 2.5% and matures on May 27, 2021. The Company is required to comply with covenants for adjusted tangible net worth, unrestricted cash balance, and minimum combined pre-tax income (excluding any changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights) of at least $1.00 on a rolling twelve months.

The Company, through its subsidiary EverLEND Mortgage, has a line of credit with Texas Capital Bank N.A. This agreement with the bank allows EverLEND Mortgage to borrow up to $5,000,000 for the sole purpose of funding mortgage loans. The agreement charges interest at the 1-Month LIBOR rate plus 2.5% and matures on August 1, 2021. The Company is required to comply with covenants for adjusted tangible net worth, unrestricted cash balance, and minimum combined pre-tax income (excluding any changes in the fair value of mortgage servicing rights) of at least $1.00 on a rolling four-quarter basis.

The agreements for warehouse lines include cross default provisions in that a covenant violation under one agreement constitutes a covenant violation under the other agreement. As of March 31, 2021, the Company believes that it was in compliance with all debt covenants.

Other Contingencies and Commitments

The Company has entered into commitments to fund construction and land development loans and has also provided financing for land acquisition and development. As of March 31, 2021, the Company’s commitments were approximately $194,792,000 for these loans, of which $109,977,951 had been funded. The Company will advance funds once the work has been completed and an independent inspection is made. The maximum loan commitment ranges between 50% and 80% of appraised value. The Company receives fees and interest for these loans and the interest rate is generally fixed 5.50% to 8.00% per annum. Maturities range between six and eighteen months.

The Company belongs to a captive insurance group for certain casualty insurance, worker compensation and liability programs. Insurance reserves are maintained relative to these programs. The level of exposure from catastrophic events is limited by the purchase of stop-loss and aggregate liability reinsurance coverage. When estimating the insurance liabilities and related reserves, the captive insurance management considers a number of factors, which include historical claims experience, demographic factors, severity factors and valuations provided by independent third-party actuaries. If actual claims or adverse development of loss reserves occurs and exceed these estimates, additional reserves may be required. The estimation process contains uncertainty since captive insurance management must use judgment to estimate the ultimate cost that will be incurred to settle reported claims and unreported claims for incidents incurred but not reported as of the balance sheet date.

The Company is a defendant in various other legal actions arising from the normal conduct of business. Management believes that none of the actions will have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. Based on management’s assessment and legal counsel’s representations concerning the likelihood of unfavorable outcomes, no amounts have been accrued for the above claims in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company is not a party to any other material legal proceedings outside the ordinary course of business or to any other legal proceedings, which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

12) Mortgage Servicing Rights

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

12) Mortgage Servicing Rights

The Company initially records these MSRs at fair value as discussed in Note 8.

After being initially recorded at fair value, MSRs backed by mortgage loans are accounted for using the amortization method. Amortization expense is included in other expenses on the consolidated statements of earnings. MSR amortization is determined by amortizing the MSR balance in proportion to, and over the period of the estimated future net servicing income of the underlying financial assets.

The Company periodically assesses MSRs for impairment. Impairment occurs when the current fair value of the MSR falls below the asset’s carrying value (carrying value is the amortized cost reduced by any related valuation allowance). If MSRs are impaired, the impairment is recognized in current-period earnings and the carrying value of the MSRs is adjusted through a valuation allowance.

Management periodically reviews the various loan strata to determine whether the value of the MSRs in a given stratum is impaired and likely to recover. When management deems recovery of the value to be unlikely in the foreseeable future, a write-down of the cost of the MSRs for that stratum to its estimated recoverable value is charged to the valuation allowance.

The following is a summary of the MSR activity for the periods presented.

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020
Amortized cost:
Balance before valuation allowance at beginning of year	$ 35,210,516	$ 17,155,529
MSR additions resulting from loan sales	11,008,149	29,896,465
Amortization (1)	(3,439,304)	(11,841,478)
Application of valuation allowance to write down MSRs with other than temporary impairment	-	-
Balance before valuation allowance at end of period	$ 42,779,361	$ 35,210,516

Valuation allowance for impairment of MSRs:
Balance at beginning of year	$ -	$ -
Additions	-	-
Application of valuation allowance to write down MSRs with other than temporary impairment	-	-
Balance at end of period	$ -	$ -

Mortgage servicing rights, net	$ 42,779,361	$ 35,210,516

Estimated fair value of MSRs at end of period	$ 55,087,150	$ 38,702,358

(1) Included in other expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

The following table summarizes the Company’s estimate of future amortization of its existing MSRs carried at amortized cost:

		Estimated MSR Amortization
2021		5,760,982
2022		4,670,850
2023		4,116,524
2024		3,617,054
2025		3,191,065
Thereafter		21,422,886
Total		$ 42,779,361

The Company collected the following contractual servicing fee income and late fee income as reported in other revenues on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Contractual servicing fees	$ 3,387,472	$ 1,784,944
Late fees	81,050	97,808
Total	$ 3,468,522	$ 1,882,752

The following is a summary of the unpaid principal balances (“UPB”) of the servicing portfolio for the periods presented:

	As of March 31 2021		As of December 31 2020
Servicing UPB	$ 5,824,986,566		$ 5,070,287,864

The following key assumptions were used in determining MSR value:

	Prepayment Speeds	Average Life (Years)	Discount Rate
March 31, 2021	11.90	6.72	9.50
December 31, 2020	15.60	5.30	9.50

13) Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

13) Income Taxes

The Company’s overall effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was 25.8% and 3.4%, respectively, which resulted in a provision for income taxes of $4,226,340 and $49,785, respectively. The Company's effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% partially due to its provision for state income taxes. The effective tax rate in the current period increased when compared to the prior year period partly due the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

Interim income taxes are based on an estimated annualized effective tax rate applied to the respective quarterly periods, adjusted for discrete tax items in the period in which they occur. Although the Company believes its tax estimates are reasonable, the Company can make no assurance that the final tax outcome of these matters will not be different from that which it has reflected in its historical income tax provisions and accruals.

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The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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14) Revenues From Contracts With Customers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

14) Revenues From Contracts With Customers

14) Revenues from Contracts with Customers

The Company reports revenues from contracts with customers pursuant to ASC No. 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

Information about Performance Obligations and Contract Balances

The Company’s cemetery and mortuary segment sells a variety of goods and services to customers in both at-need and pre-need situations. Due to the timing of the fulfillment of the obligation, revenue is deferred until that obligation is fulfilled.

The Company’s three types of future obligations are as follows:

Pre-need Merchandise and Service Revenue: All pre-need merchandise and service revenue is deferred and the funds are placed in trust until the need arises, the merchandise is received or the service is performed. The trust is then relieved, and the revenue and commissions are recognized.

At-need Specialty Merchandise Revenue: At-need specialty merchandise revenue consists of customizable merchandise ordered from a manufacturer such as markers and bases. When specialty merchandise is ordered, it can take time to manufacture and deliver the product. Revenue is deferred until the at-need merchandise is received.

Deferred Pre-need Land Revenue: Deferred pre-need revenue and corresponding commissions are deferred until 10% of the funds are received from the customer through regular monthly payments. Deferred pre-need land revenue is not placed in trust.

Complete payment of the contract does not constitute fulfillment of the performance obligation. Goods or services are deferred until such time the service is performed or merchandise is received. Pre-need contracts are required to be paid in full prior to a customer using a good or service from a pre-need contract. Goods and services from pre-need contracts can be transferred when paid in full from one owner to another. In such cases, the Company will act as an agent in transferring the requested goods and services. A transfer of goods and services does not fulfill an obligation and revenue remains deferred.

The opening and closing balances of the Company’s receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities are as follows:

	Contract Balances
	Receivables (1)	Contract Asset	Contract Liability
Opening (1/1/2021)	$ 4,119,988	$ -	$ 13,080,179
Closing (3/31/2021)	3,988,538	-	13,514,055
Increase/(decrease)	(131,450)	-	433,876

	Contract Balances
	Receivables(1)	Contract Asset	Contract Liability
Opening (1/1/2020)	$ 2,778,879	$ -	$ 12,607,978
Closing (12/31/2020)	4,119,988	-	13,080,179
Increase/(decrease)	1,341,109	-	472,201

(1) Included in Receivables, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

The amount of revenue recognized and included in the opening contract liability balance for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $1,135,001 and $950,772, respectively.

The difference between the opening and closing balances of the Company’s contract assets and contract liabilities primarily results from the timing difference between the Company’s performance and the customer’s payment.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table disaggregates revenue for the Company’s cemetery and mortuary contracts for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Major goods/service lines
At-need	$ 4,042,020	$ 3,385,191
Pre-need	1,900,106	1,072,900
	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091

Timing of Revenue Recognition
Goods transferred at a point in time	$ 4,198,673	$ 2,993,704
Services transferred at a point in time	1,743,453	1,464,387
	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091

The following table reconciles revenues from cemetery and mortuary contracts to Note 7 – Business Segment Information for the Cemetery/Mortuary Segment for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091
Gains (losses) on investments and other assets	798,340	(660,123)
Net investment income	230,304	204,846
Other revenues	28,495	10,882
Revenues from external customers	6,999,265	4,013,696

- Definition

The entire disclosure of revenue from contract with customer to transfer good or service and to transfer nonfinancial asset. Includes, but is not limited to, disaggregation of revenue, credit loss recognized from contract with customer, judgment and change in judgment related to contract with customer, and asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer. Excludes insurance and lease contracts.

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3) Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Table Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Available for sale

The Company’s investments as of March 31, 2021 are summarized as follows:

	Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses	Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2021:
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale, at estimated fair value:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government agencies	$ 42,427,856	$ 1,099,519	$ -	$ 43,527,375
Obligations of states and political subdivisions	5,370,754	209,554	(24,569)	5,555,739
Corporate securities including public utilities	179,026,864	21,203,792	(501,358)	199,729,298
Mortgage-backed securities	29,799,733	892,449	(236,547)	30,455,635
Redeemable preferred stock	269,214	13,267	-	282,481
Total fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 256,894,421	$ 23,418,581	$ (762,474)	$ 279,550,528
Equity securities at estimated fair value:
Common stock:
Industrial, miscellaneous and all other	$ 8,913,275	$ 2,586,343	$ (345,123)	$ 11,154,495
Total equity securities at estimated fair value	$ 8,913,275	$ 2,586,343	$ (345,123)	$ 11,154,495
Mortgage loans held for investment at amortized cost:
Residential	$ 88,266,355
Residential construction	105,450,591
Commercial	55,065,455
Less: Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(1,223,014)
Less: Allowance for loan losses	(1,897,155)
Less: Net discounts	(710,280)
Total mortgage loans held for investment	$ 244,951,952
Real estate held for investment - net of accumulated depreciation:
Residential	$ 39,752,530
Commercial	117,288,006
Total real estate held for investment	$ 157,040,536
Real estate held for sale:
Residential	$ 1,156,313
Commercial	4,400,553
Total real estate held for sale	$ 5,556,866
Other investments and policy loans at amortized cost:
Policy loans	$ 13,946,739
Insurance assignments	54,618,319
Federal Home Loan Bank stock (1)	2,544,700
Other investments	5,242,786
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,662,394)
Total policy loans and other investments	$ 74,690,150
Accrued investment income	$ 6,266,403
Total investments	$ 779,210,930

(1)

Includes $905,700 of Membership stock and $1,639,000 of Activity stock due to short-term borrowings.

The Company’s investments as of December 31, 2020 are summarized as follows:

	Amortized Cost	Gross Unrealized Gains	Gross Unrealized Losses	Estimated Fair Value
December 31, 2020:
Fixed maturity securities, available for sale, at estimated fair value:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. Government agencies	$ 42,381,805	$ 1,358,562	$ -	$ 43,740,367
Obligations of states and political subdivisions	5,383,762	312,214	(1,261)	5,694,715
Corporate securities including public utilities	186,067,912	27,216,496	(681,478)	212,602,930
Mortgage-backed securities	31,047,791	1,565,377	(267,106)	32,346,062
Redeemable preferred stock	269,214	3,391	-	272,605
Total fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 265,150,484	$ 30,456,040	$ (949,845)	$ 294,656,679
Equity securities at estimated fair value:
Common stock:
Industrial, miscellaneous and all other	$ 9,698,490	$ 2,376,156	$ (750,407)	$ 11,324,239
Total equity securities at estimated fair value	$ 9,698,490	$ 2,376,156	$ (750,407)	$ 11,324,239
Mortgage loans held for investment at amortized cost:
Residential	$ 95,822,448
Residential construction	111,111,777
Commercial	46,836,866
Less: Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(1,161,132)
Less: Allowance for loan losses	(2,005,127)
Less: Net discounts	(1,260,896)
Total mortgage loans held for investment	$ 249,343,936
Real estate held for investment - net of accumulated depreciation:
Residential	$ 24,843,743
Commercial	106,840,710
Total real estate held for investment	$ 131,684,453
Real estate held for sale:
Residential	$ 3,478,254
Commercial	4,400,553
Total real estate held for sale	$ 7,878,807
Other investments and policy loans at amortized cost:
Policy loans	$ 14,171,589
Insurance assignments	53,231,131
Federal Home Loan Bank stock (1)	2,506,600
Other investments	5,432,816
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,645,475)
Total policy loans and other investments	$ 73,696,661
Accrued investment income	$ 5,360,523
Total investments	$ 773,945,298

(1) Includes $866,900 of Membership stock and $1,639,700 of Activity stock due to short-term borrowings.

Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments

	Unrealized Losses for Less than Twelve Months	Fair Value	Unrealized Losses for More than Twelve Months	Fair Value	Total Unrealized Loss	Fair Value
At March 31, 2021
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions	$ 24,569	$ 778,979	$ -	$ -	$ 24,569	$ 778,979
Corporate Securities	137,661	9,760,180	363,697	9,199,818	501,358	18,959,998
Mortgage and other asset-backed securities	90,713	5,235,918	145,834	2,026,009	236,547	7,261,927
Total unrealized losses	$ 252,943	$ 15,775,077	$ 509,531	$ 11,225,827	$ 762,474	$ 27,000,904
At December 31, 2020
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions	$ 1,261	$ 206,812	$ -	$ -	$ 1,261	$ 206,812
Corporate Securities	242,596	9,919,298	438,882	2,593,026	681,478	12,512,324
Mortgage and other asset-backed securities	266,522	3,455,574	584	51,961	267,106	3,507,535
Total unrealized losses	$ 510,379	$ 13,581,684	$ 439,466	$ 2,644,987	$ 949,845	$ 16,226,671

Schedule of earnings on fixed maturity securities

	2021	2020
Balance of credit-related OTTI at January 1	$ 370,975	$ -

Additions for credit impairments recognized on:
Securities not previously impaired	-	-
Securities previously impaired	-	-

Reductions for credit impairments previously recognized on:
Securities that matured or were sold during the period (realized)	-	-
Securities due to an increase in expected cash flows	-	-

Balance of credit-related OTTI at March 31	$ 370,975	$ -

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date

Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because certain borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

	Amortized Cost	Estimated Fair Value
Due in 1 year	$ 21,362,110	$ 21,444,660
Due in 2-5 years	66,817,800	71,062,356
Due in 5-10 years	70,609,309	77,487,611
Due in more than 10 years	68,036,255	78,817,785
Mortgage-backed securities	29,799,733	30,455,635
Redeemable preferred stock	269,214	282,481
Total	$ 256,894,421	$ 279,550,528

Gain (Loss) on Investments

The Company’s net realized gains and losses from sales, calls, and maturities, unrealized gains and losses on equity securities, and other than temporary impairments are summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Fixed maturity securities:
Gross realized gains	$ 97,622	$ 95,821
Gross realized losses	(24,997)	-

Equity securities:
Gains (losses) on securities sold	106,569	(57,442)
Unrealized gains and (losses) on securities held at the end of the period	952,030	(2,761,856)

Other assets:
Gross realized gains	1,109,358	457,028
Gross realized losses	(280,469)	(945,798)
Total	$ 1,960,113	$ (3,212,247)

Schedule of Major categories of net investment income

Information regarding sales of fixed maturity securities available for sale is summarized as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Proceeds from sales	$ 819,565	$ 645,750
Gross realized gains	59,794	79,411
Gross realized losses	-	-

Major categories of net investment income are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Fixed maturity securities	$ 2,824,111	$ 2,924,714
Equity securities	128,229	92,042
Mortgage loans held for investment	6,084,417	5,653,890
Real estate	3,042,829	3,153,385
Policy loans	232,353	233,966
Insurance assignments	5,345,729	4,299,205
Other investments	13,707	25,023
Cash and cash equivalents	39,594	298,005
Gross investment income	17,710,969	16,680,230
Investment expenses	(3,417,082)	(3,279,731)
Net investment income	$ 14,293,887	$ 13,400,499

Commercial Real Estate Investment

The following is a summary of the Company’s commercial real estate held for investment for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance		Total Square Footage
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Utah (1)	$ 111,008,057	$ 100,927,528	379,066	379,066
Louisiana	2,981,296	2,998,684	84,841	84,841
Mississippi	2,909,508	2,914,498	21,521	21,521
California	389,145	-	2,872	-

	$ 117,288,006	$ 106,840,710	488,300	485,428

(1) Includes Center53 phase 1 and phase 2 which is under construction.

The following is a summary of the Company’s commercial real estate held for sale for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance		Total Square Footage
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Kansas	4,000,000	4,000,000	222,679	222,679
Texas (1)	249,000	249,000	-	-
Mississippi	151,553	151,553	-	-

	$ 4,400,553	$ 4,400,553	222,679	222,679

(1) Improved commercial pad

Residential Real Estate Investment

The following is a summary of the Company’s residential real estate held for investment for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Utah (1)	39,466,349	$ 24,557,562
Washington (2)	286,181	286,181
	$ 39,752,530	$ 24,843,743

(1) Includes subdivision land developments

(2) Improved residential lots

Additional information regarding the Company’s subdivision land developments in Utah is summarized as follows:

	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Lots available for sale	81	36
Lots to be developed	369	350
Ending Balance (1)	$ 39,251,557	$ 23,777,478

(1) The estimated remaining cost to complete the undeveloped lots is $15,613,000 and $17,354,000 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The following is a summary of the Company’s residential real estate held for sale for the periods presented:

	Net Ending Balance
	March 31 2021	December 31 2020
Nevada	$ 979,640	$ 979,640
Florida	166,673	744,322
Ohio	10,000	10,000
Utah	-	1,744,292
	$ 1,156,313	$ 3,478,254

Real Estate Owned and Occupied by the Company

As of March 31, 2021, real estate owned and occupied by the Company is summarized as follows:

Location	Business Segment	Approximate Square Footage	Square Footage Occupied by the Company
121 W. Election Rd., Draper, UT	Corporate Offices, Life Insurance and Cemetery/Mortuary Operations	78,979	18%
5201 Green Street, Salt Lake City, UT (1)	Life Insurance and Mortgage Operations	39,157	73%
1044 River Oaks Dr., Flowood, MS	Life Insurance Operations	19,694	28%
1818 Marshall Street, Shreveport, LA (1)	Life Insurance Operations	12,274	100%
909 Foisy Street, Alexandria, LA (1)	Life Insurance Sales	8,059	100%
812 Sheppard Street, Minden, LA (1)	Life Insurance Sales	1,560	100%
1550 N 3rd Street, Jena, LA (1)	Life Insurance Sales	1,737	100%

(1) Included in property and equipment on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

Schedule of Allowance for loan losses as a contra-asset account

The following is a summary of the allowance for loan losses as a contra-asset account for the periods presented:

	Commercial	Residential	Residential Construction	Total
March 31, 2021
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance - January 1, 2021	$ 187,129	$ 1,774,796	$ 43,202	$ 2,005,127
Charge-offs	-	-	-	-
Provision	-	(107,972)	-	(107,972)
Ending balance - March 31, 2021	$ 187,129	$ 1,666,824	$ 43,202	$ 1,897,155

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ -	$ 207,578	$ -	$ 207,578

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 187,129	$ 1,459,246	$ 43,202	$ 1,689,577

Mortgage loans:
Ending balance	$ 55,065,455	$ 88,266,355	$ 105,450,591	$ 248,782,401

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ 1,068,365	$ 4,436,082	$ 200,963	$ 5,705,410

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 53,997,090	$ 83,830,273	$ 105,249,628	$ 243,076,991

December 31, 2020
Allowance for credit losses:
Beginning balance	$ 187,129	$ 1,222,706	$ 43,202	$ 1,453,037
Charge-offs	-	-	-	-
Provision	-	552,090	-	552,090
Ending balance	$ 187,129	$ 1,774,796	$ 43,202	$ 2,005,127

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ -	$ 219,905	$ -	$ 219,905

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 187,129	$ 1,554,891	$ 43,202	$ 1,785,222

Mortgage loans:
Ending balance	$ 46,836,866	$ 111,111,777	$ 95,822,448	$ 253,771,091

Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment	$ 2,148,827	$ 7,932,680	$ 200,963	$ 10,282,470

Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment	$ 44,688,039	$ 103,179,097	$ 95,621,485	$ 243,488,621

Schedule of aging of mortgage loans

The following is a summary of the aging of mortgage loans held for investment for the periods presented:

	Commercial	Residential	Residential Construction	Total
March 31, 2021
30-59 Days Past Due	$ -	$ 4,352,659	$ 301,071	$ 4,653,730
60-89 Days Past Due	2,027,048	1,317,057	-	3,344,105
Greater Than 90 Days (1)	817,429	2,522,314	-	3,339,743
In Process of Foreclosure (1)	250,936	1,913,768	200,963	2,365,667
Total Past Due	3,095,413	10,105,798	502,034	13,703,245
Current	51,970,042	78,160,557	104,948,557	235,079,156
Total Mortgage Loans	55,065,455	88,266,355	105,450,591	248,782,401
Allowance for Loan Losses	(187,129)	(1,666,824)	(43,202)	(1,897,155)
Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(115,893)	(951,108)	(156,013)	(1,223,014)
Unamortized discounts, net	(358,587)	(351,693)	-	(710,280)
Net Mortgage Loans	$ 54,403,846	$ 85,296,730	$ 105,251,376	$ 244,951,952

December 31, 2020
30-59 Days Past Due	$ 233,200	$ 5,866,505	$ 127,191	$ 6,226,896
60-89 Days Past Due	812,780	2,048,148	-	2,860,928
Greater Than 90 Days (1)	2,148,827	5,669,583	-	7,818,410
In Process of Foreclosure (1)	-	2,263,097	200,963	2,464,060
Total Past Due	3,194,807	15,847,333	328,154	19,370,294
Current	43,642,059	79,975,115	110,783,623	234,400,797
Total Mortgage Loans	46,836,866	95,822,448	111,111,777	253,771,091
Allowance for Loan Losses	(187,129)	(1,774,796)	(43,202)	(2,005,127)
Unamortized deferred loan fees, net	(32,557)	(909,864)	(218,711)	(1,161,132)
Unamortized discounts, net	(880,721)	(380,175)	-	(1,260,896)
Net Mortgage Loans	$ 45,736,459	$ 92,757,613	$ 110,849,864	$ 249,343,936

(1) Interest income is not recognized on loans past due greater than 90 days or in foreclosure.

Schedule of Impaired Mortgage Loans

The recorded investment in and unpaid principal balance of impaired loans along with the related loan specific allowance for losses, if any, for each reporting period and the average recorded investment and interest income recognized during the time the loans were impaired were as follows:

	Recorded Investment	Unpaid Principal Balance	Related Allowance	Average Recorded Investment	Interest Income Recognized
March 31, 2021
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ 1,068,365	$ 1,068,365	$ -	$ 1,068,365	$ -
Residential	3,054,262	3,054,262	-	3,054,262	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	200,963	-

With an allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -
Residential	1,381,820	1,381,820	207,578	1,381,820	-
Residential construction	-	-	-	-	-

Total:
Commercial	$ 1,068,365	$ 1,068,365	$ -	$ 1,068,365	$ -
Residential	4,436,082	4,436,082	207,578	4,436,082	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	200,963	-

December 31, 2020
With no related allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ 2,148,827	$ 2,148,827	$ -	$ 1,866,819	$ -
Residential	6,415,419	6,415,419	-	5,010,078	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	555,278	-

With an allowance recorded:
Commercial	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ -
Residential	1,517,261	1,517,261	219,905	1,182,368	-
Residential construction	-	-	-	-	-

Total:
Commercial	$ 2,148,827	$ 2,148,827	$ -	$ 1,866,819	$ -
Residential	7,932,680	7,932,680	219,905	6,192,446	-
Residential construction	200,963	200,963	-	555,278	-

Schedule Of Credit Risk Of Mortgage Loans Based On Performance Status:

The Company’s performing and non-performing mortgage loans held for investment were as follows:

	Commercial		Residential		Residential Construction		Total
	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020	March 31, 2021	December 31, 2020

Performing	$ 53,997,090	$ 44,688,039	$ 83,830,273	$ 87,889,768	$ 105,249,628	$ 110,910,814	$ 243,076,991	$ 243,488,621
Non-performing	1,068,365	2,148,827	4,436,082	7,932,680	200,963	200,963	5,705,410	10,282,470

Total	$ 55,065,455	$ 46,836,866	$ 88,266,355	$ 95,822,448	$ 105,450,591	$ 111,111,777	$ 248,782,401	$ 253,771,091

Schedule of Mortgage loans on a nonaccrual status

The following is a summary of mortgage loans held for investment on a non-accrual status for the periods presented.

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020
Commercial	$ 1,068,365	$ 2,148,827
Residential	4,436,082	7,932,680
Residential construction	200,963	200,963
Total	$ 5,705,410	$ 10,282,470

4) Loans Held For Sale (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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Aggregate fair value - Loans Held for Sale

The following is a summary of the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans held for sale for the periods presented:

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020

Aggregate fair value	$ 304,030,372	$ 422,772,418
Unpaid principal balance	294,207,728	406,407,323
Unrealized gain	9,822,644	16,365,095

Schedule of Mortgage Fee Income for Loans Held for Sale

Major categories of mortgage fee income for loans held for sale are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Loan fees	$ 9,539,956	$ 8,916,153
Interest income	2,311,802	1,680,459
Secondary gains	68,438,933	26,641,492
Change in fair value of loan commitments	314,466	3,275,032
Change in fair value of loans held for sale	(6,945,882)	381,734
Provision for loan loss reserve	(660,663)	(613,109)
Mortgage fee income	$ 72,998,612	$ 40,281,761

Schedule of loan loss reserve which is included in other liabilities and accrued expenses

The following is a summary of the loan loss reserve that is included in other liabilities and accrued expenses:

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020
Balance, beginning of period	$ 20,583,618	$ 4,046,288
Provision on current loan originations (1)	660,663	4,938,214
Additional provision for loan loss reserve	-	16,506,030
Charge-offs, net of recaptured amounts	(19,039,298)	(4,906,914)
Balance, end of period	$ 2,204,983	$ 20,583,618

(1) Included in mortgage fee income

5) Stock Compensation Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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Schedule of stock inventive plan changes

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock compensation plans as of March 31, 2021, and the changes during the three months ended March 31, 2021, are presented below:

	Number of Class A Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price	Number of Class C Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price

Outstanding at January 1, 2021	1,072,863	$ 4.33	662,666	$ 4.73
Adjustment for effect of stock dividends	-		-
Granted	-		-
Exercised	(32,925)		-
Cancelled	-		-
Outstanding at March 31, 2021	1,039,938	$ 4.34	662,666	$ 4.73

As of March 31, 2021:
Options exercisable	1,039,938	$ 4.34	662,666	$ 4.73

As of March 31, 2021:
Available options for future grant	330,371		266,500

Weighted average contractual term of options
outstanding at March 31, 2021	6.28years		6.71years

Weighted average contractual term of options
exercisable at March 31, 2021	6.28years		6.71years

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
outstanding at March 31, 2021 (1)	$ 5,212,677		$ 3,059,620

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
exercisable at March 31, 2021 (1)	$ 5,212,677		$ 3,059,620

(1) The Company used a stock price of $9.35 as of March 31, 2021 to derive intrinsic value.

A summary of the status of the Company’s stock compensation plans as of March 31, 2020, and the changes during the three months ended March 31, 2020, are presented below:

	Number of Class A Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price	Number of Class C Shares	Weighted Average Exercise Price

Outstanding at January 1, 2020	1,086,053	$ 4.41	594,132	$ 5.36
Adjustment for effect of stock dividends	829		-
Granted	37,500		90,000
Exercised	(42,294)		-
Cancelled	-		-
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	1,082,088	$ 4.44	684,132	$ 5.15

As of March 31, 2020:
Options exercisable	985,366	$ 4.42	452,381	$ 5.39

As of March 31, 2020:
Available options for future grant	97,218		-

Weighted average contractual term of options
outstanding at March 31, 2020	5.57years		5.96years

Weighted average contractual term of options
exercisable at March 31, 2020	5.16years		4.70years

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
outstanding at March 31, 2020 (1)	$ 489,237		$ 41,150

Aggregated intrinsic value of options
exercisable at March 31, 2020 (1)	$ 471,642		$ -

(1) The Company used a stock price of $4.27 as of March 31, 2020 to derive intrinsic value.

6) Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

The basic and diluted earnings per share amounts were calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Numerator:
Net earnings	$ 12,128,715	$ 1,424,449
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	19,124,001	18,641,950
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options	884,049	191,446

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	20,008,050	18,833,396

Basic net earnings per share	$ 0.63	$ 0.08

Diluted net earnings per share	$ 0.61	$ 0.08

Schedule of Activity of Stock Option Plans

The following table summarizes the activity in shares of capital stock for the periods presented:

	Class A	Class C
Outstanding shares at December 31, 2019	16,107,779	2,500,887
Exercise of stock options	22,411	-
Stock dividends	404,839	61,720
Conversion of Class C to Class A	11,162	(11,162)
Outstanding shares at March 31, 2020	16,546,191	2,551,445

Outstanding shares at December 31, 2020	16,595,783	2,679,603
Exercise of stock options	27,926	-
Stock dividends	-	-
Conversion of Class C to Class A	48,527	(48,527)
Outstanding shares at March 31, 2021	16,672,236	2,631,076

7) Business Segments Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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Schedule of Revenues and Expenses by Reportable Segment

	Life Insurance	Cemetery/ Mortuary	Mortgage	Intercompany Eliminations	Consolidated
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2021
Revenues from external customers	$ 38,943,834	$ 6,999,265	$ 76,715,507	$ -	$ 122,658,606
Intersegment revenues	1,902,052	77,507	161,016	(2,140,575)	-
Segment profit before income taxes	2,695,028	2,700,945	10,959,082	-	16,355,055

Identifiable Assets	1,174,305,180	57,269,639	337,524,300	(84,391,181)	1,484,707,938
Goodwill	2,765,570	754,018	-	-	3,519,588
Total Assets	1,177,070,750	58,023,657	337,524,300	(84,391,181)	1,488,227,526
		-
For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2020
Revenues from external customers	$ 33,205,762	$ 4,013,696	$ 42,389,491	$ -	$ 79,608,949
Intersegment revenues	908,168	103,514	200,332	(1,212,014)	-
Segment profit before income taxes	(3,069,167)	104,801	4,438,600	-	1,474,234

Identifiable Assets	1,124,244,140	79,695,043	278,195,425	(109,493,359)	1,372,641,249
Goodwill	2,765,570	754,018	-	-	3,519,588
Total Assets	1,127,009,710	80,449,061	278,195,425	(109,493,359)	1,376,160,837

8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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Schedule of fair value assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 279,550,528	$ -	$ 277,359,435	$ 2,191,093
Equity securities	11,154,495	11,154,495	-	-
Loans held for sale	304,030,372	-	-	304,030,372
Restricted assets (1)	1,456,017	-	1,456,017	-
Restricted assets (2)	2,704,704	2,704,704	-	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (1)	738,979	-	738,979	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	2,208,138	2,208,138	-	-
Derivatives - loan commitments (3)	10,671,623	-	-	10,671,623
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ 612,514,856	$ 16,067,337	$ 279,554,431	$ 316,893,088

Liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Derivatives - call options (4)	$ (79,567)	$ (79,567)	$ -	$ -
Derivatives - loan commitments (4)	(228,547)	-	-	(228,547)
Total liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ (308,114)	$ (79,567)	$ -	$ (228,547)

(1) Fixed maturity securities available for sale

(2) Equity securities

(3) Included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets

(4) Included in other liabilities and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Fixed maturity securities available for sale	$ 294,656,679	$ -	$ 292,455,504	$ 2,201,175
Equity securities	11,324,239	11,324,239	-	-
Loans held for sale	422,772,418	-	-	422,772,418
Restricted assets (1)	1,473,637	-	1,473,637	-
Restricted assets (2)	2,515,778	2,515,778	-	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (1)	747,767	-	747,767	-
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	2,062,303	2,062,303	-	-
Derivatives - loan commitments (3)	12,592,672	-	-	12,592,672
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ 748,145,493	$ 15,902,320	$ 294,676,908	$ 437,566,265

Liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis
Derivatives - call options (4)	$ (43,097)	$ (43,097)	$ -	$ -
Derivatives - loan commitments (4)	(2,464,062)	-	-	(2,464,062)
Total liabilities accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis	$ (2,507,159)	$ (43,097)	$ -	$ (2,464,062)

(1) Fixed maturity securities available for sale

(2) Equity securities

(3) Included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets

(4) Included in other liabilities and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

For Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2021, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements were as follows:

			Significant	Range of Inputs
	Fair Value at	Valuation	Unobservable	Minimum	Maximum	Weighted
	3/31/2021	Technique	Input(s)	Value	Value	Average
Loans held for sale	$ 304,030,372	Market approach	Investor contract pricing as a percentage of unpaid principal balance	95.0%	109.0%	103.0%

Derivatives - loan commitments (net)	10,443,076	Market approach	Pull-through rate	61.0%	92.0%	82.0%
			Initial-Value	N/A	N/A	N/A
			Servicing	0 bps	129 bps	55 bps

Fixed maturity securities available for sale	2,191,093	Broker quotes	Pricing quotes	$ 90.83	$ 119.33	$ 113.57

For Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurements were as follows:

			Significant	Range of Inputs
	Fair Value at	Valuation	Unobservable	Minimum	Maximum	Weighted
	12/31/2020	Technique	Input(s)	Value	Value	Average
Loans held for sale	$ 422,772,418	Market approach	Investor contract pricing as a percentage of unpaid principal balance	99.0%	110.0%	104.0%

Derivatives - loan commitments (net)	10,128,610	Market approach	Pull-through rate	52.0%	92.0%	81.0%
			Initial-Value	N/A	N/A	N/A
			Servicing	0 bps	184 bps	58 bps

Fixed maturity securities available for sale	2,201,175	Broker quotes	Pricing quotes	$ 90.83	$ 119.33	$ 113.47

Schedule of Changes in the consolidated balance sheet line items measured using level 3 inputs

Following is a summary of changes in the condensed consolidated balance sheet line items measured using level 3 inputs:

	Net Loan Commitments		Loans Held for Sale		Fixed Maturity Securities Available for Sale
Balance - December 31, 2020	$ 10,128,610		$ 422,772,418		$ 2,201,175
Originations and purchases	-		1,449,841,009		-
Sales, maturities and paydowns	-		(1,614,880,058)		(11,100)
Transfer to mortgage loans held for investment	-		(201,951)		-
Total gains (losses):
Included in earnings	314,466	(1)	46,498,954	(1)	893	(2)
Included in other comprehensive income	-		-		125

Balance - March 31, 2021	$ 10,443,076		$ 304,030,372		$ 2,191,093

(1) As a component of Mortgage fee income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

(2) As a component of Net investment income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

Following is a summary of changes in the condensed consolidated balance sheet line items measured using level 3 inputs:

	Net Loan Commitments		Loans Held for Sale		Fixed Maturity Securities Available for Sale
Balance - December 31, 2019	$ 2,491,233		$ 213,457,632		$ 3,216,382
Originations and purchases	-		792,193,592		-
Sales, maturities and paydowns	-		(739,130,456)		(10,300)
Transfer to mortgage loans held for investment	-		(8,933,676)		-
Total gains (losses):
Included in earnings	3,275,032	(1)	23,465,484	(1)	828	(2)
Included in other comprehensive income	-		-		68,416

Balance - March 31, 2020	$ 5,766,265		$ 281,052,576		$ 3,275,326

(1) As a component of Mortgage fee income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

(2) As a component of Net investment income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

Fair Value Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	$ 1,174,242	$ -	$ -	$ 1,174,242
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$ 1,174,242	$ -	$ -	$ 1,174,242

	Total	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)	Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)	Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	$ 1,297,356	$ -	$ -	$ 1,297,356
Impaired real estate held for sale	4,249,000	-	-	4,249,000
Total assets accounted for at fair value on a nonrecurring basis	$ 5,546,356	$ -	$ -	$ 5,546,356

Schedule of Financial Instruments Carried at Other Than Fair Value

The carrying values and estimated fair values for such financial instruments, and their corresponding placement in the fair value hierarchy, are summarized as follows as of March 31, 2021:

	Carrying Value	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total Estimated Fair Value
Assets
Mortgage loans held for investment
Residential	$ 85,296,730	$ -	$ -	$ 90,940,077	$ 90,940,077
Residential construction	105,251,376	-	-	105,251,376	105,251,376
Commercial	54,403,846	-	-	55,014,500	55,014,500
Mortgage loans held for investment, net	$ 244,951,952	$ -	$ -	$ 251,205,953	$ 251,205,953
Policy loans	13,946,739	-	-	13,946,739	13,946,739
Insurance assignments, net (1)	52,955,925	-	-	52,955,925	52,955,925
Restricted assets (2)	3,076,760	-	-	3,076,760	3,076,760
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	1,450,600	-	-	1,450,600	1,450,600
Mortgage servicing rights, net	42,779,361	-	-	55,087,150	55,087,150

Liabilities
Bank and other loans payable	$ (245,973,378)	$ -	$ -	$ (245,973,378)	$ (245,973,378)
Policyholder account balances (3)	(43,728,587)	-	-	(42,141,870)	(42,141,870)
Future policy benefits - annuities (3)	(108,202,268)	-	-	(112,119,227)	(112,119,227)

(1) Included in other investments and policy loans on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

(2) Mortgage loans held for investment

(3) Included in future policy benefits and unpaid claims on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

The carrying values and estimated fair values for such financial instruments, and their corresponding placement in the fair value hierarchy, are summarized as follows as of December 31, 2020:

	Carrying Value	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Total Estimated Fair Value
Assets
Mortgage loans held for investment
Residential	$ 92,757,613	$ -	$ -	$ 100,384,283	$ 100,384,283
Residential construction	110,849,864	-	-	110,849,864	110,849,864
Commercial	45,736,459	-	-	45,259,425	45,259,425
Mortgage loans held for investment, net	$ 249,343,936	$ -	$ -	$ 256,493,572	$ 256,493,572
Policy loans	14,171,589	-	-	14,171,589	14,171,589
Insurance assignments, net (1)	51,585,656	-	-	51,585,656	51,585,656
Restricted assets (2)	3,317,877	-	-	3,317,877	3,317,877
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments (2)	1,468,600	-	-	1,468,600	1,468,600
Mortgage servicing rights, net	35,210,516	-	-	38,702,358	38,702,358

Liabilities
Bank and other loans payable	$ (297,824,368)	$ -	$ -	$ (297,824,368)	$ (297,824,368)
Policyholder account balances (3)	(44,026,809)	-	-	(42,220,725)	(42,220,725)
Future policy benefits - annuities (3)	(106,522,113)	-	-	(112,354,186)	(112,354,186)

(1) Included in other investments and policy loans on the consolidated balance sheets

(2) Mortgage loans held for investment

(3) Included in future policy benefits and unpaid claims on the consolidated balance sheets

10) Derivative Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Table Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Assets at Fair Value

The following table shows the notional amount and fair value of derivatives as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

	Fair Values and Notional Values of Derivative Instruments
		March 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
	Balance Sheet Location	Notional Amount	Asset Fair Value	Liability Fair Value	Notional Amount	Asset Fair Value	Liability Fair Value
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
Loan commitments	Other assets and Other liabilities	$ 817,802,853	$ 10,671,623	$ 228,547	$ 659,245,038	$ 12,592,672	$ 2,464,062
Call options	Other liabilities	2,042,500	-	79,567	1,873,200	-	43,097
Total		$ 819,845,353	$ 10,671,623	$ 308,114	$ 661,118,238	$ 12,592,672	$ 2,507,159

Schedule of Gains and Losses on Derivatives

The following table shows the gains and losses on derivatives for the periods presented.

		Net Amount Gain (Loss)
		Three Months Ended March 31
Derivative	Classification	2021	2020
Loan commitments	Mortgage fee income	$ 314,466	$ 3,275,032

Call and put options	Gains on investments and other assets	$ 26,762	$ (737,860)

12) Mortgage Servicing Rightss (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Table Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights

The following is a summary of the MSR activity for the periods presented.

	As of March 31 2021	As of December 31 2020
Amortized cost:
Balance before valuation allowance at beginning of year	$ 35,210,516	$ 17,155,529
MSR additions resulting from loan sales	11,008,149	29,896,465
Amortization (1)	(3,439,304)	(11,841,478)
Application of valuation allowance to write down MSRs with other than temporary impairment	-	-
Balance before valuation allowance at end of period	$ 42,779,361	$ 35,210,516

Valuation allowance for impairment of MSRs:
Balance at beginning of year	$ -	$ -
Additions	-	-
Application of valuation allowance to write down MSRs with other than temporary impairment	-	-
Balance at end of period	$ -	$ -

Mortgage servicing rights, net	$ 42,779,361	$ 35,210,516

Estimated fair value of MSRs at end of period	$ 55,087,150	$ 38,702,358

(1) Included in other expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense, Mortgage Servicing Rights

The following table summarizes the Company’s estimate of future amortization of its existing MSRs carried at amortized cost:

		Estimated MSR Amortization
2021		5,760,982
2022		4,670,850
2023		4,116,524
2024		3,617,054
2025		3,191,065
Thereafter		21,422,886
Total		$ 42,779,361

Schedule of Other Revenues

The Company collected the following contractual servicing fee income and late fee income as reported in other revenues on the condensed consolidated statement of earnings:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Contractual servicing fees	$ 3,387,472	$ 1,784,944
Late fees	81,050	97,808
Total	$ 3,468,522	$ 1,882,752

Summary of Unpaid Principal Balances of the Servicing Portfolio

The following is a summary of the unpaid principal balances (“UPB”) of the servicing portfolio for the periods presented:

	As of March 31 2021		As of December 31 2020
Servicing UPB	$ 5,824,986,566		$ 5,070,287,864

Assumptions used in determining MSR value

The following key assumptions were used in determining MSR value:

	Prepayment Speeds	Average Life (Years)	Discount Rate
March 31, 2021	11.90	6.72	9.50
December 31, 2020	15.60	5.30	9.50

14) Revenues From Contracts With Customers (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Table Text Block Supplement [Abstract]

Schedule of Opening and Closing Balances of Receivables, Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

The opening and closing balances of the Company’s receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities are as follows:

	Contract Balances
	Receivables (1)	Contract Asset	Contract Liability
Opening (1/1/2021)	$ 4,119,988	$ -	$ 13,080,179
Closing (3/31/2021)	3,988,538	-	13,514,055
Increase/(decrease)	(131,450)	-	433,876

	Contract Balances
	Receivables(1)	Contract Asset	Contract Liability
Opening (1/1/2020)	$ 2,778,879	$ -	$ 12,607,978
Closing (12/31/2020)	4,119,988	-	13,080,179
Increase/(decrease)	1,341,109	-	472,201

(1) Included in Receivables, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

Revenues of the Cemetery and Mortuary Contracts

The following table disaggregates revenue for the Company’s cemetery and mortuary contracts for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Major goods/service lines
At-need	$ 4,042,020	$ 3,385,191
Pre-need	1,900,106	1,072,900
	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091

Timing of Revenue Recognition
Goods transferred at a point in time	$ 4,198,673	$ 2,993,704
Services transferred at a point in time	1,743,453	1,464,387
	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091

Reconciliation of Revenues from Cemetery and mortuary contracts to Business Segment Information

The following table reconciles revenues from cemetery and mortuary contracts to Note 7 – Business Segment Information for the Cemetery/Mortuary Segment for the periods presented:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2021	2020
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091
Gains (losses) on investments and other assets	798,340	(660,123)
Net investment income	230,304	204,846
Other revenues	28,495	10,882
Revenues from external customers	6,999,265	4,013,696

3) Investments: Held-to-maturity Securities (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost

$ 256,894,421

$ 265,150,484

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Gain

23,418,581

30,456,040

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss

(762,474)

(949,845)

Available for sale securities, Estimated fair value

279,550,528

294,656,679

Mortgage loans on real estate and construction

244,951,952

249,343,936

Mortgage loans on real estate and construction, unamortized deferred loan fees, net

(1,223,014)

(1,161,132)

Mortgage loans on real estate and construction, allowance for losses

(1,897,155)

(2,005,127)

Mortgage loans on real estate and construction, Discount

(710,280)

(1,260,896)

Real estate held for investment, net of depreciation

157,040,536

131,684,453

Real estate held for sale

5,556,866

7,878,807

Policy loans

13,946,739

14,171,589

Insurance assignments

54,618,319

53,231,131

Federal Home Loan Bank stock

2,544,700

^[1]

2,506,600

^[2]

Other investments

5,242,786

5,432,816

Allowance for doubtful accounts

(1,662,394)

(1,645,475)

Total policy loans and other investments

74,690,150

73,696,661

Accrued investment income

6,266,403

5,360,523

Total investments

779,210,930

773,945,298

US Treasury Securities

Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost

42,427,856

42,381,805

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Gain

1,099,519

1,358,562

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss

Available for sale securities, Estimated fair value

43,527,375

43,740,367

US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities

Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost

5,370,754

5,383,762

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Gain

209,554

312,214

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss

(24,569)

(1,261)

Available for sale securities, Estimated fair value

5,555,739

5,694,715

Corporate Debt Securities

Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost

179,026,864

186,067,912

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Gain

21,203,792

27,216,496

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss

(501,358)

(681,478)

Available for sale securities, Estimated fair value

199,729,298

212,602,930

Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises

Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost

29,799,733

31,047,791

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Gain

892,449

1,565,377

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss

(236,547)

(267,106)

Available for sale securities, Estimated fair value

30,455,635

32,346,062

Redeemable Preferred Stock

Available for sale securities, Amortized Cost

269,214

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Gain

13,267

3,391

Available for sale securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss

Available for sale securities, Estimated fair value

282,481

272,605

Industrial, miscellaneous and all other

Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis

8,913,275

9,698,490

Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gain

2,586,343

2,376,156

Available For Sale Securities - Gross Unrealized Losses

(345,123)

(750,407)

Available for Sale Securities - Estimated Fair Value

11,154,495

11,324,239

Equity Securities

Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis

8,913,275

9,698,490

Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gain

2,586,343

2,376,156

Available For Sale Securities - Gross Unrealized Losses

(345,123)

(750,407)

Available for Sale Securities - Estimated Fair Value

11,154,495

11,324,239

Residential Mortgage

Mortgage loans on real estate and construction

88,266,355

95,822,448

Real estate held for investment, net of depreciation

39,752,530

24,843,743

Real estate held for sale

1,156,313

3,478,254

Residential construction

Mortgage loans on real estate and construction

105,450,591

111,111,777

Commercial

Mortgage loans on real estate and construction

55,065,455

46,836,866

Real estate held for investment, net of depreciation

117,288,006

106,840,710

Real estate held for sale

$ 4,400,553

[1]	Includes $905,700 of Membership stock and $1,639,000 of Activity stock due to short-term borrowings.
[2]	Includes $866,900 of Membership stock and $1,639,700 of Activity stock due to short-term borrowings.

3) Investments: Schedule of Unrealized Loss on Investments (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	$ 24,569	$ 1,261
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	778,979	206,812
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities \| Less Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	24,569	1,261
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	778,979	206,812
US States and Political Subdivisions Debt Securities \| More Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss		0
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	0
Corporate Securities
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	501,358	681,478
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	18,959,998	12,512,324
Corporate Securities \| Less Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	137,661	242,596
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	9,760,180	9,919,298
Corporate Securities \| More Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	363,697	438,882
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	9,199,818	2,593,026
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	236,547	267,106
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	7,261,927	3,507,535
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises \| Less Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	90,713	266,522
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	5,235,918	3,455,574
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises \| More Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	145,834	584
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	2,026,009	51,961
Total unrealized losses
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	762,474	949,845
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	27,000,904	16,226,671
Total unrealized losses \| Less Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	252,943	510,379
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	15,775,077	13,581,684
Total unrealized losses \| More Than 12 Months
Available for sale Securities, Unrecognized Holding Loss	509,531	439,466
Available for sale Securities, Fair Value	$ 11,225,827	$ 2,644,987

3) Investments (Details)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Average market value over amortized cost	97.30%	94.70%

3) Investments: Other than temporary credit impairments (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Balance of credit-related OTTI at beginning	$ 370,975	$ 0
Additions for credit impairments recognized on:
Securities not previously impaired	0	0
Securities previously impaired	0	0
Reductions for credit impairments previously recognized on:
Securities that matured or were sold during the period (realized)	0	0
Securities due to an increase in expected cash flows	0	0
Balance of credit-related OTTI at ending	$ 370,975	$ 0

3) Investments: Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date (Details)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Amortized Cost	$ 256,894,421
Estimated fair value	279,550,528
Due in 1 year
Amortized Cost	21,362,110
Estimated fair value	21,444,660
Due in 2-5 years
Amortized Cost	66,817,800
Estimated fair value	71,062,356
Due in 5-10 years
Amortized Cost	70,609,309
Estimated fair value	77,487,611
Due in more than 10 years
Amortized Cost	68,036,255
Estimated fair value	78,817,785
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by US Government Sponsored Enterprises
Amortized Cost	29,799,733
Estimated fair value	30,455,635
Redeemable Preferred Stock
Amortized Cost	269,214
Estimated fair value	$ 282,481

3) Investments: Gain (Loss) on Investments (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Fixed maturity securities held to maturity:	$ 1,960,113	$ (3,212,247)
Fixed Maturity Securities
Gross Realized Gains	97,622	95,821
Gross Realized Losses	(24,997)	0
Other Assets {1}
Gross Realized Gains	1,109,358	457,028
Gross Realized Losses	(280,469)	(945,798)
Equity Securities
Gains (losses) on securities sold	106,569	(57,442)
Unrealized Gains and Losses on securities held at end of period	$ 952,030	$ (2,761,856)

3) Investments: Net carrying amount of held to maturity securities (Details) - Fixed Maturity Securities - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Proceeds received from sale of fixed maturity available for sale securities	$ 819,565	$ 645,750
Gross realized gains	59,794	79,411
Gross realized losses

3) Investments: Schedule of Major categories of net investment income (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Gross investment income	$ 17,710,969	$ 16,680,230
Investment Income, Investment Expense	(3,417,082)	(3,279,731)
Net investment income	14,293,887	13,400,499
Fixed Maturities
Gross investment income	2,824,111	2,924,714
Equity Securities
Gross investment income	128,229	92,042
Mortgage Loans Real Estate
Gross investment income	6,084,417	5,653,890
Real Estate
Gross investment income	3,042,829	3,153,385
Policy Student and Other Loans
Gross investment income	232,353	233,966
Insurance Assignments
Gross investment income	5,345,729	4,299,205
Other Investments {1}
Gross investment income	13,707	25,023
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Gross investment income	$ 39,594	$ 298,005

3) Investments: Net Investment Income - Additional (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Net investment income	$ 14,293,887	$ 13,400,499
Securities on deposit for regulatory authorities	9,864,903		$ 9,684,409
Cemeteries And Mortuaries
Net investment income	$ 161,211	$ 110,639

3) Investments: Commercial Real Estate Held for Investment (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Bank and other loans payable	$ 245,973,378		$ 297,824,368
Impairment losses on commercial real estate held for sale	0	$ 31,429
Commercial Real Estate
SEC Schedule, 12-28, Real Estate Companies, Investment in Real Estate, Gross	99,547,615		71,517,902
Bank and other loans payable	$ 55,831,600		$ 46,153,283

3) Investments: Commercial Real Estate Investment (Details)

Mar. 31, 2021

USD ($)

ft²

Dec. 31, 2020

USD ($)

ft²

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

$ 157,040,536

$ 131,684,453

Real estate held for sale

5,556,866

7,878,807

Commercial Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

$ 117,288,006

$ 106,840,710

Total Square Footage | ft²

488,300

485,428

Real estate held for sale

$ 4,400,553

Square Footage | ft²

222,679

Utah

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

^[1]

$ 39,251,557

$ 23,777,478

Utah | Commercial Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

$ 111,008,057

$ 100,927,528

Total Square Footage | ft²

379,066

Louisiana | Commercial Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

$ 2,981,296

$ 2,998,684

Total Square Footage | ft²

84,841

Mississippi | Commercial Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

$ 2,909,508

$ 2,914,498

Total Square Footage | ft²

21,521

Real estate held for sale

$ 151,553

Square Footage | ft²

California | Commercial Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

$ 389,145

$ 0

Total Square Footage | ft²

2,872

Kansas | Commercial Real Estate

Real estate held for sale

$ 4,000,000

Square Footage | ft²

222,679

Texas | Commercial Real Estate

Real estate held for sale

$ 249,000

Square Footage | ft²

[1]	The estimated remaining cost to complete the undeveloped lots is $15,613,000 and $17,354,000 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

3) Investments: Residential Real Estate Held for Investment (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Impairment losses on residential real estate held for investment	$ 0	$ 0
Residential Real Estate
Foreclosed Residential Real Estate included in Residential Real Estate Held for Investment	$ 1,657,285		$ 4,327,079

3) Investments: Residential Real Estate Investment (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

$ 157,040,536

$ 131,684,453

Real estate held for sale

5,556,866

7,878,807

Residential Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

39,752,530

24,843,743

Real estate held for sale

1,156,313

3,478,254

Nevada | Residential Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

293,516

Real estate held for sale

979,640

Florida | Residential Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

2,487,723

Real estate held for sale

166,673

744,322

Ohio | Residential Real Estate

Real estate held for sale

10,000

Washington | Residential Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

^[1]

286,181

Utah

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

^[2]

39,251,557

23,777,478

Lots available for sale

Lots to be developed

369

350

Utah | Residential Real Estate

Real estate held for investment (net of accumulated depreciation)

^[3]

39,466,349

24,557,562

Real estate held for sale

$ 0

$ 1,744,292

[1]	Improved residential lots
[2]	The estimated remaining cost to complete the undeveloped lots is $15,613,000 and $17,354,000 as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
[3]	Includes subdivision land developments

3) Investments: Real Estate Owned and Occupied by the Company (Details)

Mar. 31, 2021

ft²

Corporate Offices, Life Insurance and Cemetery/Mortuary Operations

Approximate Square Footage

78,979

Square Footage Occupied by the Company

18.00%

Mortgage

Approximate Square Footage

39,157

^[1]

Square Footage Occupied by the Company

73.00%

^[1]

Life Insurance Operations

Approximate Square Footage

19,694

Square Footage Occupied by the Company

28.00%

Life Insurance Operations 1

Approximate Square Footage

12,274

^[1]

Square Footage Occupied by the Company

100.00%

^[1]

Life Insurance Sales

Approximate Square Footage

8,059

^[1]

Square Footage Occupied by the Company

100.00%

^[1]

Life Insurance Sales 1

Approximate Square Footage

1,560

^[1]

Square Footage Occupied by the Company

100.00%

^[1]

Life Insurance Sales 2

Approximate Square Footage

1,737

^[1]

Square Footage Occupied by the Company

100.00%

^[1]

[1]	Included in property and equipment on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

3) Investments: Schedule of Allowance for loan losses as a contra-asset account (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 2,005,127	$ 1,453,037
Allowance for credit losses, Charge-offs	0	0
Allowance for Credit Losses, Provision	107,972	552,090
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	1,897,155	2,005,127
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	207,578	219,905
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	1,689,577	1,785,222
Mortgage loans	248,782,401	253,771,091
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	5,705,410	10,282,470
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	243,076,991	243,488,621
Commercial Loan
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	187,129	187,129
Allowance for credit losses, Charge-offs	0	0
Allowance for Credit Losses, Provision	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	187,129	187,129
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	187,129	187,129
Mortgage loans	55,065,455	46,836,866
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	1,068,365	2,148,827
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	53,997,090	44,688,039
Residential Mortgage
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	1,774,796	1,222,706
Allowance for credit losses, Charge-offs	0	0
Allowance for Credit Losses, Provision	107,972	552,090
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	1,666,824	1,774,796
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	207,578	219,905
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	1,459,246	1,554,891
Mortgage loans	88,266,355	111,111,777
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	4,436,082	7,932,680
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	83,830,273	103,179,097
Residential construction
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	43,202	43,202
Allowance for credit losses, Charge-offs	0	0
Allowance for Credit Losses, Provision	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	43,202	43,202
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	0	0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	43,202	43,202
Mortgage loans	105,450,591	95,822,448
Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment	200,963	200,963
Financing Receivable, Collectively Evaluated for Impairment	$ 105,249,628	$ 95,621,485

3) Investments: Schedule of aging of mortgage loans (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Mortgage Loans during period

$ 248,782,401

$ 253,771,091

Mortgage Loans, Allowance for Loan Losses

1,897,155

(2,005,127)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized deferred loan fees, net

1,223,014

(1,161,132)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized discounts, net

710,280

(1,260,896)

Past Due 30 to 59 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

4,653,730

6,226,896

Past Due 60 to 89 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

3,344,105

2,860,928

Past Due 90 or More Days

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

3,339,743

7,818,410

In Foreclosure

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

2,365,667

2,464,060

Total Past Due

Mortgage Loans during period

13,703,245

19,370,294

Current

Mortgage Loans during period

235,079,156

234,400,797

Net Mortgage Loans

Mortgage Loans during period

244,951,952

249,343,936

Commercial Loan

Mortgage Loans during period

55,065,455

46,836,866

Mortgage Loans, Allowance for Loan Losses

187,129

(187,129)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized deferred loan fees, net

115,893

(32,557)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized discounts, net

358,587

(880,721)

Commercial Loan | Past Due 30 to 59 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

233,200

Commercial Loan | Past Due 60 to 89 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

2,027,048

812,780

Commercial Loan | Past Due 90 or More Days

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

817,429

2,148,827

Commercial Loan | In Foreclosure

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

250,936

Commercial Loan | Total Past Due

Mortgage Loans during period

3,095,413

3,194,807

Commercial Loan | Current

Mortgage Loans during period

51,970,042

43,642,059

Commercial Loan | Net Mortgage Loans

Mortgage Loans during period

54,403,846

45,736,459

Residential Mortgage

Mortgage Loans during period

88,266,355

95,822,448

Mortgage Loans, Allowance for Loan Losses

1,666,824

(1,774,796)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized deferred loan fees, net

951,108

(909,864)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized discounts, net

351,693

(380,175)

Residential Mortgage | Past Due 30 to 59 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

4,352,659

5,866,505

Residential Mortgage | Past Due 60 to 89 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

1,317,057

2,048,148

Residential Mortgage | Past Due 90 or More Days

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

2,522,314

5,669,583

Residential Mortgage | In Foreclosure

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

1,913,768

2,263,097

Residential Mortgage | Total Past Due

Mortgage Loans during period

10,105,798

15,847,333

Residential Mortgage | Current

Mortgage Loans during period

78,160,557

79,975,115

Residential Mortgage | Net Mortgage Loans

Mortgage Loans during period

85,296,730

92,757,613

Residential construction

Mortgage Loans during period

105,450,591

111,111,777

Mortgage Loans, Allowance for Loan Losses

43,202

(43,202)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized deferred loan fees, net

156,013

(218,711)

Mortgage Loans, Unamortized discounts, net

Residential construction | Past Due 30 to 59 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

301,071

127,191

Residential construction | Past Due 60 to 89 Days

Mortgage Loans during period

Residential construction | Past Due 90 or More Days

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

Residential construction | In Foreclosure

Mortgage Loans during period

^[1]

200,963

Residential construction | Total Past Due

Mortgage Loans during period

502,034

328,154

Residential construction | Current

Mortgage Loans during period

104,948,557

110,783,623

Residential construction | Net Mortgage Loans

Mortgage Loans during period

$ 105,251,376

$ 110,849,864

[1]	Interest income is not recognized on loans past due greater than 90 days or in foreclosure.

3) Investments: Schedule of Impaired Mortgage Loans (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Commercial Loan
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	$ 1,068,365	$ 2,148,827
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	1,068,365	2,148,827
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	1,068,365	1,866,819
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Commercial Loan \| Total
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	1,068,365	2,148,827
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	1,068,365	2,148,827
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	1,068,365	1,866,819
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Residential Mortgage
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	3,054,262	6,415,419
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	3,054,262	6,415,419
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	3,054,262	5,010,078
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	1,381,820	1,517,261
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	1,381,820	1,517,261
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	207,578	219,905
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	1,381,820	1,182,368
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Residential Mortgage \| Total
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	4,436,082	7,932,680
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	4,436,082	7,932,680
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	207,578	219,905
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	4,436,082	6,192,446
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Residential construction
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	200,963	200,963
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	200,963	200,963
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	200,963	555,278
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Interest Income Recognized	0	0
Residential construction \| Total
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Recorded Investment	200,963	200,963
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance	200,963	200,963
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance	0	0
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment	200,963	555,278
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Interest Income Recognized	$ 0	$ 0

3) Investments: Schedule Of Credit Risk Of Mortgage Loans Based On Performance Status (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Mortgage loans	$ 248,782,401	$ 253,771,091
Commercial Loan
Mortgage loans	55,065,455	46,836,866
Residential Mortgage
Mortgage loans	88,266,355	111,111,777
Residential construction
Mortgage loans	105,450,591	95,822,448
Performing Financing Receivable
Mortgage loans	243,076,991	243,488,621
Performing Financing Receivable \| Commercial Loan
Mortgage loans	53,997,090	44,688,039
Performing Financing Receivable \| Residential Mortgage
Mortgage loans	83,830,273	87,889,768
Performing Financing Receivable \| Residential construction
Mortgage loans	105,249,628	110,910,814
Nonperforming Financing Receivable
Mortgage loans	5,705,410	10,282,470
Nonperforming Financing Receivable \| Commercial Loan
Mortgage loans	1,068,365	2,148,827
Nonperforming Financing Receivable \| Residential Mortgage
Mortgage loans	4,436,082	7,932,680
Nonperforming Financing Receivable \| Residential construction
Mortgage loans	$ 200,963	$ 200,963

3) Investments: Summary of Interest not accrued on non-performing mortgage loans (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Interest not accrued on non-performing loans	$ 321,000	$ 491,000

3) Investments: Schedule of Mortgage loans on a nonaccrual status (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	$ 5,705,410	$ 10,282,470
Commercial
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	1,068,365	2,148,827
Residential Mortgage
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	4,436,082	7,932,680
Residential construction
Loans and Leases Receivable, Nonperforming, Nonaccrual of Interest	$ 200,963	$ 200,963

4) Loans Held For Sale: Aggregate fair value - Loans Held for Sale (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Aggregate Fair Value - Loans Held For Sale	$ 304,030,372	$ 422,772,418
Aggregate unpaid principal balance - Loans Held for Sale	294,207,728	406,407,323
Unrealized gain - Loans Held for Sale	$ 9,822,644	$ 16,365,095

4) Loans Held For Sale: Schedule of Mortgage Fee Income for Loans Held for Sale (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Mortgage fee income	$ 72,998,612	$ 40,281,761
Loans Held For Sale
Loan fees	9,539,956	8,916,153
Interest Income	2,311,802	1,680,459
Secondary gains	68,438,933	26,641,492
Change in fair value of loan commitments	314,466	3,275,032
Change in fair value of loans held for sale	(6,945,882)	381,734
Provision for loan loss reserve	(660,663)	(613,109)
Mortgage fee income	$ 72,998,612	$ 40,281,761

4) Loans Held For Sale: Schedule of loan loss reserve which is included in other liabilities and accrued expenses (Details) - USD ($)

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Text Block [Abstract]

Beginning, Loan Loss Reserve

$ 20,583,618

$ 4,046,288

Loan loss reserve, Provisions for losses

^[1]

660,663

4,938,214

Loan loss reserve, Additional

16,506,030

Loan loss reserve, Charge-offs

(19,039,298)

(4,906,914)

Ending, Loan Loss Reserve

$ 2,204,983

$ 20,583,618

[1]	Included in mortgage fee income

5) Stock Compensation Plans (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
5) Stock Compensation Plans (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Amount Capitalized	$ 39,153	$ 65,877
Unrecognized compensation expense related to the options issued in December 2014	0
Total intrinsic value	$ 139,035	$ 73,072

5) Stock Compensation Plans: Schedule of stock inventive plan changes (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Mar. 31, 2020

Dec. 31, 2020

Dec. 31, 2019

Common Class A

Shares, Outstanding

1,039,938

1,082,088

1,072,863

1,086,053

Shares outstanding

$ 4.34

$ 4.44

$ 4.33

$ 4.41

Adjustment for effect of stock dividends

829

Shares Granted

37,500

Shares Exercised

(32,925)

(42,294)

Shares Cancelled

Options Exercisable

1,039,938

985,366

Options exercisable

$ 4.34

$ 4.42

Available options for future grant

$ 330,371

$ 97,218

Weighted average contractual term of options outstanding

6 years 3 months 11 days

5 years 6 months 25 days

Weighted average contractual term of options exercisable

6 years 3 months 11 days

5 years 1 month 27 days

Aggregated intrinsic value of options outstanding

$ 5,212,677

^[1]

$ 489,237

^[2]

Aggregated intrinsic value of options exercisable

$ 5,212,677

^[1]

$ 471,642

^[2]

Common Class C

Shares, Outstanding

662,666

684,132

662,666

594,132

Shares outstanding

$ 4.73

$ 5.15

$ 4.73

$ 5.36

Adjustment for effect of stock dividends

594,132

90,000

662,666

452,381

Options exercisable

$ 4.73

$ 5.39

Available options for future grant

$ 266,500

$ 0

Weighted average contractual term of options outstanding

6 years 8 months 16 days

5 years 11 months 15 days

Weighted average contractual term of options exercisable

6 years 8 months 16 days

4 years 8 months 12 days

Aggregated intrinsic value of options outstanding

$ 3,059,620

^[1]

$ 41,150

^[2]

Aggregated intrinsic value of options exercisable

$ 3,059,620

^[1]

$ 0

^[2]

[1]	The Company used a stock price of $9.35 as of March 31, 2021 to derive intrinsic value.
[2]	The Company used a stock price of $4.27 as of March 31, 2020 to derive intrinsic value.

6) Earnings Per Share: Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Mar. 31, 2020

Text Block [Abstract]

Net earnings

$ 12,128,715

$ 1,424,449

Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic

^[1]

19,124,001

18,641,950

Employee stock options

$ 884,049

$ 191,446

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

20,008,050

18,833,396

Earnings Per Share, Basic

^[1]

$ 0.63

$ 0.08

Earnings Per Share, Diluted

^[1]

$ 0.61

$ 0.08

[1]

- Definition

The amount of net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period.

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+ Details

- Definition

The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.

+ References

+ Details

6) Earnings Per Share: Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Common Class A
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	16,595,783	16,107,779
Exercise of stock options	27,926	22,411
Dividends		$ 404,839
Conversion of Class C to Class A	48,527	11,162
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	16,672,236	16,546,191
Common Class C
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	2,679,603	2,500,887
Exercise of stock options
Dividends		$ 61,720
Conversion of Class C to Class A	(48,527)	(11,162)
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	2,631,076	2,551,445

6) Earnings Per Share (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended
6) Earnings Per Share (Details) - shares	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	0	1,316,506

7) Business Segments Information : Schedule of Revenues and Expenses by Reportable Segment (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Revenue from customers	$ 122,658,606	$ 79,608,949
Segment Reporting Information, Intersegment Revenue	0	0
Segment Reporting Information, Income Loss Before Income Taxes	16,355,055	1,474,234
Identifiable Assets	1,484,707,938	1,372,641,249
Goodwill	3,519,588	3,519,588	$ 3,519,588
Total Assets	1,488,227,526	1,376,160,837	$ 1,548,940,478
Life Insurance Product Line
Revenue from customers	38,943,834	33,205,762
Segment Reporting Information, Intersegment Revenue	1,902,052	908,168
Segment Reporting Information, Income Loss Before Income Taxes	2,695,028	3,069,167
Identifiable Assets	1,174,305,180	1,124,244,140
Goodwill	2,765,570	2,765,570
Total Assets	1,177,070,750	1,127,009,710
Cemetery and Mortuary
Revenue from customers	6,999,265	4,013,696
Segment Reporting Information, Intersegment Revenue	77,507	103,514
Segment Reporting Information, Income Loss Before Income Taxes	2,700,945	104,801
Identifiable Assets	57,269,639	79,695,043
Goodwill	754,018	754,018
Total Assets	58,023,657	80,449,061
Mortgage
Revenue from customers	76,715,507	42,389,491
Segment Reporting Information, Intersegment Revenue	161,016	200,332
Segment Reporting Information, Income Loss Before Income Taxes	10,959,082	4,438,600
Identifiable Assets	337,524,300	278,195,425
Goodwill	0	0
Total Assets	337,524,300	278,195,425
Intercompany Eliminations
Revenue from customers	0	0
Segment Reporting Information, Intersegment Revenue	2,140,575	1,212,014
Segment Reporting Information, Income Loss Before Income Taxes	0	0
Identifiable Assets	84,391,181	109,493,359
Goodwill	0	0
Total Assets	$ 84,391,181	$ 109,493,359

8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments: Schedule of fair value assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis (Details) - USD ($)

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Trading Securities, Equity

$ 279,550,528

$ 294,656,679

Available-for-sale Securities

11,154,495

11,324,239

Loans Held-for-sale, Fair Value Disclosure

304,030,372

422,772,418

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[1]

1,456,017

1,473,637

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[2]

2,704,704

2,515,778

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[1]

738,979

747,767

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[2]

2,208,138

2,062,303

Derivatives - loan commitments

^[3]

10,671,623

12,592,672

Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Recurring

612,514,856

748,145,493

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, Call Options

^[4]

(79,567)

(43,097)

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, loan commitments

^[4]

(228,547)

(2,464,062)

Obligations, Fair Value Disclosure

(308,114)

(2,507,159)

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1

Trading Securities, Equity

Available-for-sale Securities

11,154,495

11,324,239

Loans Held-for-sale, Fair Value Disclosure

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[1]

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[2]

2,704,704

2,515,778

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[1]

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[2]

2,208,138

2,062,303

Derivatives - loan commitments

^[3]

Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Recurring

16,067,337

15,902,320

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, Call Options

^[4]

(79,567)

(43,097)

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, loan commitments

^[4]

Obligations, Fair Value Disclosure

(79,567)

(43,097)

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2

Trading Securities, Equity

277,359,435

292,455,504

Available-for-sale Securities

Loans Held-for-sale, Fair Value Disclosure

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[1]

1,456,017

1,473,637

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[2]

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[1]

738,979

747,767

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[2]

Derivatives - loan commitments

^[3]

Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Recurring

279,554,431

294,676,908

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, Call Options

^[4]

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, loan commitments

^[4]

Obligations, Fair Value Disclosure

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3

Trading Securities, Equity

2,191,093

2,201,175

Available-for-sale Securities

Loans Held-for-sale, Fair Value Disclosure

304,030,372

422,772,418

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[1]

Restricted assets of cemeteries and mortuaries

^[2]

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[1]

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments

^[2]

Derivatives - loan commitments

^[3]

10,671,623

12,592,672

Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Recurring

316,893,088

437,566,265

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, Call Options

^[4]

Derivatives - bank loan interest rate swaps, loan commitments

^[4]

(228,547)

(2,464,062)

Obligations, Fair Value Disclosure

$ (228,547)

$ (2,464,062)

[1]	Fixed maturity securities available for sale
[2]	Equity securities
[3]	Included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets
[4]	Included in other liabilities and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets

8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments: Schedule of Effect of Significant Unobservable Inputs, Changes in Plan Assets (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Loans Held For Sale
Fair Value Balance	$ 304,030,372	$ 422,772,418
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset And Liability, Range of Inputs minimum	95.00%	99.00%
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset And Liability, Range of Inputs maximum	109.00%	110.00%
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset And Liability, Weighted Average	103.00%	104.00%
Net Derivatives Loan Commitments
Fair Value Balance	$ 10,443,076	$ 10,128,610
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset And Liability, Range of Inputs minimum	61.00%	52.00%
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset And Liability, Range of Inputs maximum	92.00%	92.00%
Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset And Liability, Weighted Average	82.00%	81.00%
Fixed maturity securities available for sale
Fair Value Balance	$ 2,191,093	$ 2,201,175

8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments: Schedule of Changes in the consolidated balance sheet line items measured using level 3 inputs (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Mar. 31, 2020

Net Derivatives Loan Commitments

Fair Value Balance

$ 10,128,610

$ 2,491,233

Originations

Sales

Transfer to mortgage loans held for investment

Fair Value, Gains (Losses) included in earnings

^[1]

314,466

3,275,032

Total gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income

Fair Value Balance

10,443,076

5,766,265

Loans Held For Sale

Fair Value Balance

422,772,418

213,457,632

Originations

1,449,841,009

792,193,592

Sales

(1,614,880,058)

(739,130,456)

Transfer to mortgage loans held for investment

(201,951)

(8,933,676)

Fair Value, Gains (Losses) included in earnings

^[1]

46,498,954

23,465,484

Total gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income

Fair Value Balance

304,030,372

281,052,576

Fixed maturity securities available for sale

Fair Value Balance

2,201,175

3,216,382

Originations

Sales

(11,100)

(10,300)

Transfer to mortgage loans held for investment

Fair Value, Gains (Losses) included in earnings

^[2]

893

828

Total gains (losses) included in other comprehensive income

125

68,416

Fair Value Balance

$ 2,191,093

$ 3,275,326

[1]	As a component of Mortgage fee income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings
[2]	As a component of Net investment income on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments: Fair Value Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	$ 1,174,242	$ 1,297,356
Impaired real estate held for investment		4,249,000
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Nonrecurring	1,174,242	5,546,356
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	0	0
Impaired real estate held for investment		0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Nonrecurring	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	0	0
Impaired real estate held for investment		0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Nonrecurring	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3
Impaired mortgage loans held for investment	1,174,242	1,297,356
Impaired real estate held for investment		4,249,000
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure, Nonrecurring	$ 1,174,242	$ 5,546,356

8) Fair Value of Financial Instruments: Schedule of Financial Instruments Carried at Other Than Fair Value (Details) - USD ($)

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Residential Mortgage

Carrying Value

$ 85,296,730

$ 92,757,613

Estimated Carrying Value

90,940,077

100,384,283

Residential construction

Carrying Value

105,251,376

110,849,864

Estimated Carrying Value

105,251,376

110,849,864

Commercial Loan

Carrying Value

54,403,846

45,736,459

Estimated Carrying Value

55,014,500

45,259,425

Mortgage Loans Net

Carrying Value

244,951,952

249,343,936

Estimated Carrying Value

251,205,953

256,493,572

Policy Loan

Carrying Value

13,946,739

14,171,589

Estimated Carrying Value

13,946,739

14,171,589

Insurance Assignments

Carrying Value

52,955,925

^[1]

51,585,656

^[2]

Estimated Carrying Value

52,955,925

^[1]

51,585,656

^[2]

Restricted Assets 1

Carrying Value

^[3]

3,076,760

3,317,877

Estimated Carrying Value

^[3]

3,076,760

3,317,877

Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments

Carrying Value

^[3]

1,450,600

1,468,600

Estimated Carrying Value

^[3]

1,450,600

1,468,600

Mortgage Servicing Rights

Carrying Value

42,779,361

35,210,516

Estimated Carrying Value

55,087,150

38,702,358

Bank And Other Loans Payable

Carrying Value

(245,973,378)

(297,824,368)

Estimated Carrying Value

(245,973,378)

(297,824,368)

Policyholder Account Balances

Carrying Value

(43,728,587)

^[4]

(44,026,809)

^[5]

Estimated Carrying Value

(42,141,870)

^[4]

(42,220,725)

^[5]

Future Policy Benefits Annuities

Carrying Value

(108,202,268)

^[4]

(106,522,113)

^[5]

Estimated Carrying Value

(112,119,227)

^[4]

(112,354,186)

^[5]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Residential Mortgage

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Residential construction

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Commercial Loan

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Mortgage Loans Net

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Policy Loan

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Insurance Assignments

Estimated Carrying Value

^[1]

^[2]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Restricted Assets 1

Estimated Carrying Value

^[3]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments

Estimated Carrying Value

^[1]

^[3]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Mortgage Servicing Rights

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Bank And Other Loans Payable

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Policyholder Account Balances

Estimated Carrying Value

^[6]

^[5]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 | Future Policy Benefits Annuities

Estimated Carrying Value

^[6]

^[5]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Residential Mortgage

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Residential construction

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Commercial Loan

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Mortgage Loans Net

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Policy Loan

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Insurance Assignments

Estimated Carrying Value

^[1]

^[2]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Restricted Assets 1

Estimated Carrying Value

^[3]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments

Estimated Carrying Value

^[1]

^[3]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Mortgage Servicing Rights

Estimated Carrying Value

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Bank And Other Loans Payable

Estimated Carrying Value

^[6]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Policyholder Account Balances

Estimated Carrying Value

^[6]

^[5]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Future Policy Benefits Annuities

Estimated Carrying Value

^[5]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3

Estimated Carrying Value

110,849,864

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Residential Mortgage

Estimated Carrying Value

90,940,077

100,384,283

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Residential construction

Estimated Carrying Value

105,251,376

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Commercial Loan

Estimated Carrying Value

55,014,500

45,259,425

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Mortgage Loans Net

Estimated Carrying Value

251,205,953

256,493,572

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Policy Loan

Estimated Carrying Value

13,946,739

14,171,589

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Insurance Assignments

Estimated Carrying Value

52,955,925

^[1]

51,585,656

^[2]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Restricted Assets 1

Estimated Carrying Value

^[3]

3,076,760

3,317,877

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments

Estimated Carrying Value

1,450,600

^[1]

1,468,600

^[3]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Mortgage Servicing Rights

Estimated Carrying Value

55,087,150

38,702,358

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Bank And Other Loans Payable

Estimated Carrying Value

(245,973,378)

(297,824,368)

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Policyholder Account Balances

Estimated Carrying Value

(42,141,870)

(42,220,725)

^[5]

Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 | Future Policy Benefits Annuities

Estimated Carrying Value

$ (112,119,227)

$ (112,354,186)

^[5]

[1]	Included in other investments and policy loans on the condensed consolidated balance sheets
[2]	Included in other investments and policy loans on the consolidated balance sheets
[3]	Mortgage loans held for investment
[4]	Included in future policy benefits and unpaid claims on the consolidated balance sheets
[5]	Included in other expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings
[6]	Included in future policy benefits and unpaid claims on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

10) Derivative Instruments: Schedule of Derivative Assets at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Loan Commitments
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 817,802,853	$ 659,245,038
Derivative Asset, Notional Amount	10,671,623	12,592,672
Derivative Liability, Notional Amount	228,547	2,464,062
Call Options
Derivative, Notional Amount	2,042,500	1,873,200
Derivative Asset, Notional Amount	0	0
Derivative Liability, Notional Amount	79,567	43,097
Net Derivatives Loan Commitments
Derivative, Notional Amount	819,845,353	661,118,238
Derivative Asset, Notional Amount	10,671,623	12,592,672
Derivative Liability, Notional Amount	$ 308,114	$ 2,507,159

10) Derivative Instruments: Schedule of Gains and Losses on Derivatives (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives, Loan Commitments	$ 314,466	$ 3,275,032
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives, Call and put options	$ 26,762	$ (737,860)

11) Reinsurance, Commitments and Contingencies: Mortgage Loan Loss Settlements (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Funds reserved and accrued to settle investor related claims	$ 2,204,983	$ 20,583,618

11) Reinsurance, Commitments and Contingencies: Other Contingencies and Commitments (Details)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Text Block [Abstract]
Commitments to fund new residential construction loans	$ 194,792,000
Commitments to fund new residential construction loans funded	$ 109,977,951

12) Mortgage Servicing Rights: Schedule of Mortgage Servicing Rights (Details) - USD ($)

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Text Block [Abstract]

Balance before valuation allowance at beginning of year

$ 35,210,516

$ 17,155,529

MSRs proceeds from loan sales

11,008,149

29,896,465

Amortization

^[1]

(3,439,304)

(11,841,478)

Application of valuation allowance to write down MSRs with other than temporary impairment

Balance before valuation allowance at year end

42,779,361

35,210,516

Mortgage servicing rights, net

42,779,361

35,210,516

Estimated fair value of MSRs at end of period

$ 55,087,150

$ 38,702,358

[1]	Included in other expenses on the condensed consolidated statements of earnings

12) Mortgage Servicing Rights: Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense, Mortgage Servicing Rights (Details)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Text Block [Abstract]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Remainder of Fiscal Year	$ 5,760,982
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year One	4,670,850
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Two	4,116,524
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Three	3,617,054
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Four	3,191,065
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, after Year Five	21,422,886
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ 42,779,361

12) Mortgage Servicing Rights: Schedule of Other Revenues (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Other Income	$ 3,468,522	$ 1,882,752
Contractual Servicing Fees
Other Income	3,387,472	1,784,944
Late Fees
Other Income	$ 81,050	$ 97,808

12) Mortgage Servicing Rights: Summary of Unpaid Principal Balances of the Servicing Portfolio (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Servicing Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 5,824,986,566	$ 5,070,287,864

12) Mortgage Servicing Rights: Assumptions used in determining MSR value (Details) - Decimal	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Prepayment Speeds	11.90	15.60
Average Life in Years of MSR	6 years 8 months 19 days	5 years 3 months 19 days
Discount Rate	9.50	9.50

13) Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
13) Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	25.80%	3.40%
Provision for income taxes	$ 4,226,340	$ 49,785

- Definition

Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

+ References + Details

14) Revenues From Contracts With Customers: Schedule of Opening and Closing Balances of Receivables, Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Dec. 31, 2019

Receivables

$ 13,970,177

$ 10,899,207

Deferred pre-need cemetery and mortuary contract revenues

13,514,055

13,080,179

Receivables

^[1]

3,988,538

4,119,988

$ 2,778,879

Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable

^[1]

(131,450)

1,341,109

Contract Asset

Deferred pre-need cemetery and mortuary contract revenues

Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Revenue

Contract Liability

Deferred pre-need cemetery and mortuary contract revenues

13,514,055

13,080,179

$ 12,508,625

Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Revenue

$ 433,876

$ 472,201

[1]	Included in Receivables, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets

14) Revenues From Contracts With Customers (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Text Block [Abstract]
Revenue recognized included in the opening contract liability	$ 1,135,001	$ 950,772

14) Revenues From Contracts With Customers: Revenues of the Cemetery and Mortuary Contracts (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091
Major Goods Or Services Lines, at Need
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	4,042,020	3,385,191
Major Goods Or Services Lines, Pre Need
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	1,900,106	1,072,900
Timing Of Revenue Recognition, Goods Transferred At A Point In Time
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	4,198,673	2,993,704
Timing Of Revenue Recognition, Services Transferred At A Point In Time
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	$ 1,743,453	$ 1,464,387

14) Revenues From Contracts With Customers: Reconciliation of Revenues from Cemetery and mortuary contracts to Business Segment Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	$ 5,942,126	$ 4,458,091
Gains (losses) on investments and other assets	1,960,113	(3,212,247)
Net investment income	14,293,887	13,400,499
Other Revenues	4,113,658	2,389,569
Cemetery and Mortuary
Net mortuary and cemetery sales	5,942,126	4,458,091
Gains (losses) on investments and other assets	798,340	(660,123)
Net investment income	230,304	204,846
Other Revenues	28,495	10,882
Revenues from External Customers	$ 6,999,265	$ 4,013,696