Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:



	Useful Lives (years)	2011			2010
Software – internally developed	5	$	2,177		$	1,566
Software – purchased	3-5	592			576
Computer equipment	3-5	507			465
Furniture and fixtures	5	356			356
Leasehold improvements	7	205			205
		3,837			3,168
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(2,008		)	(1,344		)
Property and equipment, net		$	1,829		$	1,824

The Company recognized depreciation expense of approximately $664,000 and $639,000 during 2011 and 2010, respectively. The depreciation amounts include approximately $330,000 and $260,000 of amortization of internally developed software during 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company capitalizes costs associated with internally developed software, developed for internal use only, during the application development stage. Application development stage costs generally include costs associated with internal-use software configuration, coding, installation and testing. Costs of significant upgrades and enhancements that result in additional functionality also are capitalized, whereas costs incurred for maintenance and minor upgrades and enhancements are expensed as incurred. Capitalized costs include external direct costs of materials and services utilized in developing or obtaining internal-use software and payroll and payroll-related expenses for employees who are directly associated with and devote time to the internal-use software project. Capitalization of such costs begins when the preliminary project stage is complete and ceases no later than the point at which the project is substantially complete and ready for its intended purpose.

During the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company capitalized costs related to enhancements to its internal information technology claims management applications. The applications were originally developed in 2005 and from time to time, the Company will enhance the functionality and reporting capabilities of the applications. The enhancements are typically developed by the Company's internal information technology group. Periodically, third-party consultants will be utilized to perform the development. For internal resources, the Company capitalizes salary and related benefits, while it capitalizes the cost of external consultants.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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