Lease Commitments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

We lease office facilities, equipment and autos under operating leases expiring on various dates through 2025. Certain office leases contain renewal options. The following is a schedule, by calendar year, of future minimum lease payments under operating leases that have remaining terms as of December 31, 2016:



Period/Year	Operating Leases
	(in thousands)
2017	$	2,424
2018	1,838
2019	915
2020	755
2021	740
Thereafter	2,438
Total minimum lease payments	$	9,110

Certain property leases provide for scheduled rent escalations. We do not consider the scheduled rent escalations to be material to our operating lease expenses individually or in the aggregate. Total expense for all operating leases was as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(in thousands)
Operating lease expense	$	2,615	$	2,003	$	1,210