COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

FIB was a defendant in a lender liability lawsuit, Kelly Logging Inc. v. First Interstate Bank (the “case"), which was tried in August 2014 in the Montana Fourth Judicial District Court in Missoula, Montana. The case was settled on August 31, 2015. Legal and settlement costs related to the case of $5,000 and $4,000 during 2015 and 2014, respectively, are included in loss contingency expenses in the Company's consolidated statements of income.

In the normal course of business, the Company is involved in various other claims and litigation. In the opinion of management, following consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate liability or disposition thereof is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity of the Company.

The Company had commitments under construction contracts of $1,341 as of December 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2015, the Company also had a commitment under a forward starting interest rate swap with a notional amount of $100,000. For additional information about the forward starting interest rate swap, see Note 9 — Derivatives and Hedging Activity.

The Parent Company and the Billings office of FIB are the anchor tenants in a building owned by an entity in which FIB has a 50% ownership interest.

The Company leases certain premises and equipment from third parties under operating leases. Total rental expense to third parties was $2,660 in 2015, $1,190 in 2014 and $1,403 in 2013.

The total future minimum rental commitments, exclusive of maintenance and operating costs, required under operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2015, are as follows:



	Third Parties		Related Entity		Total
For the year ending December 31:
2016	$	1,913	$	290	$	2,203
2017	1,800		249		2,049
2018	1,537		138		1,675
2019	1,487		—		1,487
2020	1,349		—		1,349
Thereafter	8,655		—		8,655
Total	$	16,741	$	677	$	17,418

Residential mortgage loans sold to investors in the secondary market are sold with varying recourse provisions. Essentially all of the loan sales agreements require the repurchase of a mortgage loan by the seller in situations such as breach of representation, warranty or covenant; untimely document delivery; false or misleading statements; failure to obtain certain certificates or insurance; unmarketability; etc. Certain loan sales agreements contain repurchase requirements based on payment-related defects that are defined in terms of the number of days or months since the purchase, the sequence number of the payment, and/or the number of days of payment delinquency. Based on the specific terms stated in the agreements, the Company had $3,465 and $4,486 of sold residential mortgage loans with recourse provisions still in effect as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company did not repurchase any significant amount of loans from secondary market investors under the terms of loan sales agreements during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. In the opinion of management, the risk of recourse and the subsequent requirement of loan repurchase to the Company is not significant, and accordingly no liabilities have been established related to such. In addition, the Company made various representations and warranties associated with the sale of loans. The Company has not incurred significant losses resulting from these provisions.