Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses at December 31 consist of the following (in thousands):

	2017		2016
Compensation	$	34,752	$	27,669
Interest and taxes	8,002		13,102
Customer rebates	10,517		10,303
Insurance	7,261		7,584
Other	14,935		11,734
Total accrued expenses	$	75,467	$	70,392

Accrued expenses for insurance are primarily for general liability, workers’ compensation and employee healthcare policies for which the Company is self-insured up to certain per-occurrence and aggregate limits. The amounts accrued represent the Company's best estimates of the probable amount of claims to be paid. Differences between the amounts accrued and the amount that may be reasonably possible of payment are not material.