Accounting Policies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Activity and balances related to incurred but not paid workers' compensation claims

The following table provides the activity and balances related to incurred but not paid workers’ compensation claims:

	Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2019			2018
Beginning balance, January 1,	$	229,639		$	207,630
Accrued claims	44,334			54,744
Present value discount	(3,664		)	(5,372		)
Paid claims	(34,669		)	(31,645		)
Ending balance	$	235,640		$	225,357
Current portion of accrued claims	$	45,250		$	42,258
Long-term portion of accrued claims	190,390			183,099
Total accrued claims	$	235,640		$	225,357

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

Our revenue for our PEO HR Outsourcing solutions by geographic region and for our other products and services offerings are as follows:

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2019		2018		% Change		2019		2018		% Change
Northeast	$	271,839	$	237,076	14.7	%	$	853,263	$	748,717	14.0	%
Southeast	122,992		109,552		12.3	%	373,044		333,004		12.0	%
Central	180,602		155,184		16.4	%	555,797		476,277		16.7	%
Southwest	242,200		217,946		11.1	%	756,495		664,731		13.8	%
West	212,618		192,011		10.7	%	661,460		599,617		10.3	%
	1,030,251		911,769		13.0	%	3,200,059		2,822,346		13.4	%
Other revenue	13,137		13,357		(1.6	)%	39,655		39,447		0.5	%
Total revenue	$	1,043,388	$	925,126	12.8	%	$	3,239,714	$	2,861,793	13.2	%