STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of stock compensation expense and related net tax benefit

The Company recognized the following stock compensation expense and related net tax benefit associated with its various employee share-based compensation plans:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
($ in thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Compensation expense related to restricted stock awards	$	4,050	$	3,637	$	11,702	$	10,382
Net tax benefit recognized in equity for stock compensation plans	$	31	$	129	$	3,227	$	3,916

Schedule of time-based and performance-based restricted stock awards activity

The following table presents a summary of the activity for the Company’s time-based and performance-based restricted stock awards as of September 30, 2015, including changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2015:

	September 30, 2015
	Restricted Stock and RSU Awards
	Time-Based				Performance-Based
	Shares		Weighted Average Price		Shares		Weighted Average Price
Outstanding at beginning of period	751,020		$	30.61	518,553		$	29.64
Granted	466,125		40.35		149,284		39.95
Vested	(218,363	)	23.41		(144,445	)	22.05
Forfeited	(57,278	)	36.41		—		—
Outstanding at end of period	941,504		$	36.75	523,392		$	35.64