INCOME TAXES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

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 June 30,								For the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30,
	2019				2018				2019				2018
(in thousands)	Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%		Amount		%
Provision for income taxes at the statutory rate of 21%	$	10,254	21.0	%	$	8,308	21.0	%	$	27,419	21.0	%	$	11,327	21.0	%
Increase (reduction) in taxes resulting from:
Excess tax benefit on share-based compensation		(2,191)	(4.5)	%		(924)	(2.3)	%		(2,932)	(2.3)	%		(2,067)	(3.9)	%
Tax exempt interest income		(309)	(0.6)	%		(504)	(1.3)	%		(654)	(0.5)	%		(1,085)	(2.0)	%
Dividends received deduction		(214)	(0.4)	%		(169)	(0.4)	%		(417)	(0.3)	%		(366)	(0.7)	%
ESOP dividends paid deduction		(140)	(0.3)	%		(145)	(0.4)	%		(277)	(0.2)	%		(284)	(0.5)	%
Other items, net		961	1.9	%		(255)	(0.6)	%		1,490	1.2	%		948	1.8	%
Total tax expense	$	8,361	17.1	%	$	6,311	16.0	%	$	24,629	18.9	%	$	8,473	15.7	%