GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

On April 1, 2015, the Company announced that it completed the acquisition of Ternian Insurance Group LLC ("Ternian"), a leading provider of voluntary, limited benefit affordable health plans and other employee benefits coverage for hourly and part-time workers and their families. The Company recognized intangible assets of $13 million associated with this acquisition.

During September 2015, as part of its profitability enhancement initiatives, the Company decided to wind-down all of its retail insurance operations in Australia. As a result of this decision, the Company recognized an impairment of an associated finite-lived intangible asset. The impaired intangible asset related to the purchase of an Australian distribution network in 2009, and had an initial expected useful life of thirty years. The impairment expense of $13 million has been included as part of the reorganization and related expenses in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The following table shows an analysis of goodwill and intangible assets:




	Goodwill		Intangible assets with an indefinite life		Intangible assets with a finite life			Total

Net balance at December 31, 2014	$	47,148	$	26,036	$	15,776		$	88,960
Acquisition of Ternian	—		—		13,330			13,330
Amortization	n/a		n/a		(2,493		)	(2,493		)
Impairment charges	—		—		(12,939		)	(12,939		)
Net balance at December 31, 2015	47,148		26,036		13,674			86,858
Amortization	n/a		n/a		(1,809		)	(1,809		)
Net balance at December 31, 2016	$	47,148	$	26,036	$	11,865		$	85,049

Gross balance at December 31, 2016	$	42,237	$	26,036	$	29,166		$	97,439
Accumulated amortization	n/a		n/a		(17,301		)	(17,301		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	4,911		—		—			4,911
Net balance at December 31, 2016	$	47,148	$	26,036	$	11,865		$	85,049

n/a – not applicable

We estimate that the annual amortization expense for our total intangible assets with a finite life will be approximately $2 million per year in 2017 and 2018 and $1 million per year in 2019 through 2021. The estimated remaining useful lives of these assets range from two to eight years.

Intangible assets with an indefinite life consist primarily of U.S. state licenses that provide a legal right to transact business indefinitely. Our impairment reviews for goodwill and indefinite lived intangibles did not result in the recognition of impairment losses for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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