Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract]

Other assets and accrued and other liabilities

Other assets and accrued and other liabilities

Other assets are presented below ($000’s omitted):

 

	December 31,
	2018		2017
Accounts and notes receivable:
Insurance receivables (Note 11)	$	152,987	$	213,407
Notes receivable	13,850		16,768
Other receivables	122,469		76,309
	289,306		306,484
Prepaid expenses	131,523		116,912
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs (Note 1)	218,568		207,987
Property and equipment, net (Note 1)	92,935		70,706
Income taxes receivable	58,090		6,964
Other	39,937		36,070
	$	830,359	$	745,123

We record receivables from various parties in the normal course of business, including amounts due from insurance companies (see Note 11) and municipalities. In certain instances, we may accept consideration for land sales or other transactions in the form of a note receivable.

Accrued and other liabilities are presented below ($000’s omitted):

 

	December 31,
	2018		2017
Self-insurance liabilities (Note 11)	$	737,013	$	758,812
Compensation-related liabilities	161,068		134,008
Warranty liabilities (Note 11)	79,154		72,709
Accrued interest	52,521		50,620
Loan origination liabilities (Note 11)	50,282		34,641
Other	280,445		305,543
	$	1,360,483	$	1,356,333