Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Changes In The Benefit Obligation, The Plan Assets, The Funded Status Of Pension Plans And Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Costs

The following tables summarize changes in the benefit obligation, the plan assets and the funded status of our pension plan as well as the components of net periodic benefit costs, including key assumptions (in thousands). The measurement dates for plan assets and obligations were December 31, 2015 and 2014.

	December 31,
	2015			2014
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	50,218		$	38,072
Service cost	1,252			1,008
Interest cost	1,899			1,800
Actuarial (gain) loss (1)	(1,830		)	11,020
Benefit payments	(1,824		)	(1,682		)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$	49,715		$	50,218
Change in Plan Assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	42,606		$	39,327
Actual return on plan assets	59			2,861
Employer contributions	1,500			2,100
Benefit payments	(1,824		)	(1,682		)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	42,341		$	42,606
Unfunded status at end of year (included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in 2015 and 2014)	$	(7,374	)	$	(7,612	)
Accumulated benefit obligation	$	49,632		$	50,104
Net loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	16,361		$	16,508

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(1) The year over year change in actuarial (gain) loss is associated primarily to an update with the selected mortality table and an increase in the discount rate in 2015.

Schedule Of Changes In Plan Assets And Benefit Obligations Recognized In Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following is the required information for other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive loss (income) (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Net loss (gain)	$	1,276		$	11,118		$	(10,200	)
Amortization of net loss (1)	(1,423		)	(385		)	(1,279		)
Total recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss	$	(147	)	$	10,733		$	(11,479	)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit costs and other comprehensive loss (income)	$	1,262		$	10,967		$	(9,824	)

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(1) The estimated net loss that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net periodic benefit cost over the next fiscal year is $1.5 million.

Schedule Of Accumulated Benefit Obligation In Excess Of Plan Assets

The following is the required information for plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Projected benefit obligation	$	49,715	$	50,218
Accumulated benefit obligation	49,632		50,104
Fair value of plan assets	42,341		42,606

Schedule Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the plans are as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Service cost	$	1,252		$	1,008		$	1,281
Interest cost	1,899			1,800			1,544
Expected return on plan assets	(3,165		)	(2,959		)	(2,449		)
Recognized loss	1,423			385			1,279
Total	$	1,409		$	234		$	1,655

Schedule Of Assumptions Used To Develop Periodic Expense

The assumptions used to develop periodic expense for the plans are shown below:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Discount rate	3.83	%	4.70	%	3.87	%
Salary scale increases	3.50	%	3.50	%	3.50	%
Long-term rate of return on assets	7.50	%	7.50	%	7.50	%

The assumptions used to develop the actuarial present value of the benefit obligations for the plans are shown below:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Discount rate	4.11	%	3.83	%	4.70	%
Salary scale increases	3.50	%	3.50	%	3.50	%

Schedule Of Expected Benefit Payments For The Next Ten Years

The expected benefit payments for the next 10 years for the Retirement Plan is as follows (in thousands):

2016	$	2,424
2017	2,425
2018	2,274
2019	2,771
2020	2,787
2021-2025	15,851

Schedule Of Allocation Of The Fair Value Of Plan Assets

At December 31, 2015, our investment asset allocation compared to our benchmarking allocation model for our plan assets was as follows:

	Portfolio		Benchmark
Cash and Short-Term Investments	6	%	6	%
U.S. Stocks	52	%	55	%
International Stocks	12	%	10	%
U.S. Bonds	24	%	26	%
International Bonds	5	%	3	%
Other	1	%	—	%
Total	100	%	100	%

The allocation of the fair value of plan assets was as follows:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Cash and Short-Term Investments	19	%	18	%
Large Company Funds	35	%	35	%
Mid Company Funds	7	%	6	%
Small Company Funds	6	%	6	%
International Funds	10	%	10	%
Fixed Income Funds	14	%	17	%
Growth Funds	9	%	8	%
Total	100	%	100	%