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Pension
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Pension [Abstract]  
Pension Pension
The amount of net pension cost is shown in the table below:
 
For the Three Months Ended September 30
 
For the Nine Months Ended September 30
(In thousands)
2019
2018
 
2019
2018
Service cost - benefits earned during the period
$
159

$
127

 
$
477

$
432

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
1,065

916

 
3,195

2,817

Expected return on plan assets
(1,196
)
(1,067
)
 
(3,589
)
(3,942
)
Amortization of prior service cost
(68
)
(68
)
 
(203
)
(203
)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss
586

592

 
1,757

1,776

Net periodic pension cost
$
546

$
500

 
$
1,637

$
880



All benefits accrued under the Company’s defined benefit pension plan have been frozen since January 1, 2011. During the first nine months of 2019, the Company made no funding contributions to its defined benefit pension plan and made minimal funding contributions to a supplemental executive retirement plan (the CERP), which carries no segregated assets.