Noninterest Expense

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Noninterest Expense

Noninterest Expense

14) Noninterest Expense

        The following table sets forth the various components of the Company's noninterest expense for the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015		2016		2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
Salaries and employee benefits(1)	$	8,363	$	10,358	$	26,052	$	26,112
Occupancy and equipment		1,120		1,063		3,277		3,135
Professional fees		1,086		612		2,619		946
Software subscriptions		401		292		1,118		883
Amortization of intangible assets		392		277		1,176		655
Data processing		372		411		1,143		950
Insurance expense		319		273		924		855
FDIC deposit insurance premiums		308		251		966		727
Foreclosed assets		10		113		14		(93	)
Acquisition and integration related costs		—		688		—		1,265
Other		1,925		2,081		6,073		5,877
Total noninterest expense	$	14,296	$	16,419	$	43,362	$	41,312

(1)          Salaries and employee benefits included pre-tax severance and retention costs related to the Focus transaction of $2,177,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015, and $2,887,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.