Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Notes

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure

Note 7.Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets 

The carrying amount of goodwill is $50,697,000 at both March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

The Company has net other intangible assets of $14,308,000 and $14,669,000 at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, which are included in other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. These intangible assets consist of: (i) finite-lived intangible assets, principally the fair value of acquired agent and broker relationships, which are subject to amortization; and (ii) indefinite-lived intangible assets which consist of the estimated fair value of insurance licenses that are not subject to amortization.

The gross carrying amounts of these other intangible assets are as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):

		March 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
		Gross				Gross
		Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying		Accumulated
		Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amortization
Finite-lived Intangible Assets:
Agent and broker relationships	$	17,253	$	12,450	$	17,253	$	12,140
Domain		1,000		150		1,000		125
Software systems		780		102		780		76
Total finite-lived	$	19,033	$	12,702	$	19,033	$	12,341

		March 31,		December 31,
		2018		2017
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets:
Insurance licenses	$	7,977	$	7,977
Total indefinite-lived	$	7,977	$	7,977

Amortization expense is $361,000 and $154,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.