Leases (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

In the ordinary course of business, the Company renews and enters into new leases for office property and equipment. At the lease inception date, the Company determines whether a contract contains a lease and its classification as a finance or operating lease. Primarily all of the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases. The Company’s operating leases have remaining lease terms of up to 11 years, some of which include options to extend the lease term. The Company considers these options when determining the lease term and measuring its lease liability and right-of-use asset. In addition, the Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Short-term operating leases with an initial term of twelve months or less were excluded on the Company's consolidated balance sheet and represent an inconsequential amount of operating lease expense.

As most leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

Additional information regarding the Company’s operating leases is as follows:



December 31, 2019
Operating lease costs	$	30,478
Cash payments included in the measurement of lease liabilities reported in operating cash flows	$	27,521
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities	$	7,445
Right-of-use assets (1)	$	131,661
Operating lease liability (1)	$	150,519
Weighted average discount rate	3.9		%
Weighted average remaining lease term	6.4 years


(1)	The right-of-use assets are included in ‘other assets’ while the operating lease liability is included in ‘other liabilities.’

The following table presents the contractual maturities of the Company's operating lease liabilities at December 31, 2019:



Years Ending December 31,
2020	$	31,907
2021	30,842
2022	27,597
2023	23,027
2024	16,913
2025 and thereafter	40,167
Total undiscounted lease liability	170,453
Less: present value adjustment	(19,934		)
Operating lease liability	$	150,519

At December 31, 2018, the future minimum rental commitments, exclusive of escalation clauses and maintenance costs and net of rental income, for all of the Company’s operating leases was as follows:



Years Ending December 31,
2019	$	31,088
2020	30,491
2021	29,351
2022	26,068
2023	21,408
2024 and thereafter	54,745
Total	$	193,151

All of these leases are for the rental of office space, with expiration terms that range from 2020 to 2030. Rental expense was approximately $30.5 million, $27.6 million and $31.1 million for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

At December 31, 2019, the Company has entered into certain financing lease agreements. The future lease payments for the Company’s financing leases are expected to be $4.8 million and $2.1 million for 2020 and 2021, respectively.