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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS  
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

23.         EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

              The Company sponsors a defined contribution plan for the benefit of its employees. The Company's contributions to the plan are determined annually by the Board of Directors in accordance with plan requirements. For tax purposes, eligible participants may contribute up to a maximum of 15% of their compensation, not to exceed the dollar limit imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. For plan years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company contributed $3.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively. There were no Company contributions to the plan for the plan year ended December 31, 2009.

              During 2002, the Company adopted a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP"). The SERP meets the definition of a pension plan per ASC 715-30, Compensation—Retirement Benefits—Defined Benefit Plans—Pension, pursuant to which the Company will pay supplemental pension benefits to certain executive officers designated by the Board of Directors upon retirement based upon the officers' years of service and compensation. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, $1.6 million, $2.6 million and $2.3 million, respectively, of benefits were accrued and expensed. The SERP is funded through life insurance contracts on the participating officers, though the plan does not require formal funding. At December 31, 2011, the life insurance contracts related to the SERP had an aggregate cash surrender value of $43.3 million. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the vested benefit obligation under the SERP was less than the cash surrender value of the life insurance contracts respectively. In 2011, one executive received the elected lump sum payment of $11.2 million, terminating their SERP benefits.