Segment Disclosures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Disclosures

Note 14. Segment Disclosures

Ourbusiness units have been aggregated into three practice groups: Financial Services, Benefits and Insurance Services and National Practices. The business units have been aggregated based on the following factors: similarity of the products and services provided to clients; similarity of the regulatory environment in which they operate; and similarity of economic conditions affecting long-term performance. The business units are managed along these segment lines. A general description of services provided by each practice group is provided in the table below.

Financial Services	Benefits and Insurance Services	National Practices
•Accounting and Tax •Government Healthcare Consulting •Financial Advisory •Valuation •Risk & Advisory Services	•Group Health Benefits Consulting •Payroll •Property & Casualty •Retirement Plan Services	•Managed Networking and Hardware Services •Healthcare Consulting

Corporate and Other. Included in “Corporate and Other” are operating expenses that are not directly allocated to the individual business units. These expenses are primarily comprised of certain health care costs, gains or losses attributable to assets held in the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation plan, share-based compensation, consolidation and integration charges, certain professional fees, certain advertising costs and other various expenses.

Accounting policies of the practice groups are the same as those described in Note 1, Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. Upon consolidation, intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated, thus inter-segment revenue is not included in the measure of profit or loss for the practice groups. Performance of the practice groups is evaluated on operating income excluding those costs listed above, which are reported in the “Corporate and Other” segment.

Segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
	Financial Services		Benefits and Insurance Services			National Practices		Corporate and Other			Total
Revenue	$	158,633	$	75,164		$	7,662	$	—		$	241,459
Operating expenses		119,389		60,142			7,007		6,228			192,766
Gross margin		39,244		15,022			655		(6,228	)		48,693
Corporate general & admin		—		—			—		8,768			8,768
Operating income (loss)		39,244		15,022			655		(14,996	)		39,925
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		—		(11	)		—		(1,506	)		(1,517	)
Gain on sale of operations, net		—		—			—		22			22
Other income, net		15		96			—		2,626			2,737
Total other income		15		85			—		1,142			1,242
Income (loss) from continuing operations before    income tax expense	$	39,259	$	15,107		$	655	$	(13,854	)	$	41,167

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	Financial Services		Benefits and Insurance Services			National Practices		Corporate and Other			Total
Revenue	$	152,207	$	64,327		$	7,704	$	—		$	224,238
Operating expenses		113,497		53,680			6,877		4,063			178,117
Gross margin		38,710		10,647			827		(4,063	)		46,121
Corporate general & admin		—		—			—		10,245			10,245
Operating income (loss)		38,710		10,647			827		(14,308	)		35,876
Other income (expense):
Interest expense		—		(10	)		—		(1,516	)		(1,526	)
Gain on sale of operations, net		—		—			—		101			101
Other income, net		254		74			—		1,819			2,147
Total other income		254		64			—		404			722
Income (loss) from continuing operations before    income tax expense	$	38,964	$	10,711		$	827	$	(13,904	)	$	36,598