Information Services Contracts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Information Services Contracts [Abstract]

INFORMATION SERVICES CONTRACTS

The Company has information services contracts that expire at various times through 2017. The largest of these contracts provides for increases due to changes in the cost of living index and further provides flexibility in the annual obligation from year-to-year. Total payments under these contracts were as follows for the years ended December 31 (dollars in thousands):



	2013		2012		2011
Information service contract payments	$	12,647	$	13,221	$	13,038

The majority of the costs are included in other operating expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The following table details minimum future contractual commitments for these agreements (dollars in thousands):



	2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter		Total
Contractual obligations	$	8,350	$	7,384	$	7,446	$	7,508	$	—	$	—	$	30,688