Stock Repurchase Program

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Class of Stock Disclosures [Abstract]

Under the Company's stock repurchase program, the Company repurchased shares during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, as follows:



	Nine Months Ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	September 30, 2016		September 30, 2015
Number of shares repurchased	2,700		2,793
Average price paid per share	$	90.11	$	86.92
Total cost	$	243,288	$	242,748

In February 2016, the Company's Board of Directors increased the number of shares authorized for repurchase to a total of 5.0 million shares under the stock repurchase program. As of September 30, 2016, 2.3 million shares remained available for repurchase under the program.