Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes. We are subject to federal, state, local and foreign income taxes. Along with our U.S. subsidiaries, we file a U.S. federal consolidated income tax return. We are no longer subject to any new U.S. federal, state, foreign and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2010. The appeals process with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Appeals for the years 2001 through 2007 has been completed. We reached agreement on all issues except one issue with respect to the 2003 tax year, an issue which occurs in 2004 through 2007 taxable years as well. This matter was heard by the United States Tax Court (Tax Court) at trial during November 2011. A favorable decision was issued by the Tax Court on January 14, 2014. The time for filing a notice of appeal expired on July 23, 2014; therefore, the Tax Court decision is now final. The IRS completed its examination of the federal consolidated income tax return for 2010 and accepted the return as filed without any changes. We are under examination in various states but do not anticipate that adjustments, if any, regarding the various state examinations will result in a material change to our consolidated statement of earnings, financial condition, statement of cash flows or earnings per share. We provide for uncertain tax positions and related interest and adjust our unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest in the normal course of our business. At September 30, 2014, our unrecognized tax benefits were increased by approximately $0.7 million from December 31, 2013. We intend to reinvest substantially all of the unremitted earnings of our non-U.S. subsidiaries and postpone their remittance indefinitely. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. income taxes for these non-U.S. subsidiaries was recorded in the accompanying consolidated statements of earnings.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Income Taxes.

We are subject to federal, state, local and foreign income taxes. Along with our U.S. subsidiaries, we file a U.S. federal consolidated income tax return. We are no longer subject to any new U.S. federal, state, foreign and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2010. The appeals process with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Office of Appeals for the years 2001 through 2007 has been completed. We reached agreement on all issues except one issue with respect to the 2003 tax year, an issue which occurs in 2004 through 2007 taxable years as well. This matter was heard by the United States Tax Court (Tax Court) at trial during November 2011. A favorable decision was issued by the Tax Court on January 14, 2014. The time for filing a notice of appeal expired on July 23, 2014; therefore, the Tax Court decision is now final. The IRS completed its examination of the federal consolidated income tax return for 2010 and accepted the return as filed without any changes. We are under examination in various states but do not anticipate that adjustments, if any, regarding the various state examinations will result in a material change to our consolidated statement of earnings, financial condition, statement of cash flows or earnings per share.

We provide for uncertain tax positions and related interest and adjust our unrecognized tax benefits and accrued interest in the normal course of our business. At September 30, 2014, our unrecognized tax benefits were increased by approximately $0.7 million from December 31, 2013.

We intend to reinvest substantially all of the unremitted earnings of our non-U.S. subsidiaries and postpone their remittance indefinitely. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. income taxes for these non-U.S. subsidiaries was recorded in the accompanying consolidated statements of earnings.