INCOME TAXES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

INCOME TAXES

Schedule of reconciliation of income tax expense attributable to income from operations with amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal tax rate to pretax income from continuing operations

	For the Three-Month Periods Ended September 30,								For the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30,
	2018				2017				2018				2017
(in thousands)	Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%
Provision for income taxes at the statutory rate of 21% in 2018 and 35% in 2017	$	9,733	21.0	%	$	(302)	35.0	%	$	21,061	21.0	%	$	20,866	35.0	%
Increase (reduction) in taxes resulting from:
Excess tax benefit on share-based compensation		(2,273)	(4.9)	%		(477)	55.3	%		(4,340)	(4.3)	%		(3,711)	(6.2)	%
Tax exempt interest income		(375)	(0.8)	%		(1,187)	137.7	%		(1,460)	(1.5)	%		(3,525)	(5.9)	%
Dividends received deduction		(150)	(0.3)	%		(553)	64.2	%		(516)	(0.5)	%		(1,488)	(2.5)	%
ESOP dividends paid deduction		(139)	(0.3)	%		(240)	27.9	%		(423)	(0.4)	%		(724)	(1.2)	%
Other items, net		181	0.4	%		163	(18.9)	%		1,128	1.1	%		429	0.7	%
Total tax expense (benefit)	$	6,977	15.1	%	$	(2,596)	301.2	%	$	15,450	15.4	%	$	11,847	19.9	%