PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

	December 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Premises	$	166,128	$	158,817
Furniture and equipment	41,810		40,565
	207,938		199,382
Less: accumulated depreciation	71,966		65,742
Total	$	135,972	$	133,640

Assets with accumulated depreciation of $2.2 million and $915,000 were written off for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Depreciation expense was $8.4 million, $8.1 million and $8.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.