Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

The Company has net other intangible assets of $13,926,000 and $14,669,000 at June 30, 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):

		June 30, 2018				December 31, 2017
		Gross				Gross
		Carrying		Accumulated		Carrying		Accumulated
		Amount		Amortization		Amount		Amortization
Finite-lived Intangible Assets:
Agent and broker relationships	$	17,253	$	12,773	$	17,253	$	12,140
Domain		1,000		175		1,000		125
Software systems		780		136		780		76
Total finite-lived	$	19,033	$	13,084	$	19,033	$	12,341

		June 30,		December 31,
		2018		2017
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets:
Insurance licenses	$	7,977	$	7,977
Total indefinite-lived	$	7,977	$	7,977

Amortization expense was $382,000 and $743,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, and was $394,000 and $548,000 for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively.