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Other Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Assets
Other Assets
Other assets consisted of the following at December 31, 2017 and 2016:
(in thousands) 
2017
 
2016
Accrued interest receivable
$
64,044

 
$
56,042

Derivative assets
32,256

 
47,501

Low-income housing tax credit investments
29,959

 
23,021

Prepaid expenses
21,047

 
19,013

Investment in unconsolidated trust subsidiaries
14,277

 
14,277

Income taxes receivable
13,360

 
4,841

Insurance premium receivable
9,555

 
7,557

Commercial servicing asset
5,169

 
6,391

Other
34,351

 
48,994

  Total
$
224,018

 
$
227,637



The Company invests in limited partnerships that operate qualified affordable housing projects to receive tax benefits in the form of tax deductions from operating losses and tax credits. The Company accounts for the investments using the proportional amortization method; amortization of the investment in qualified affordable housing projects is recorded in the provision for income taxes together with the tax credits and benefits received. The Company recognized $3.1 million of proportional amortization as a component of income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2017, which includes $765,000 of additional amortization resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and recognized $3.0 million in affordable housing tax credits and other tax benefits during the year. The Company recognized $1.8 million of proportional amortization as a component of income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 and recognized $2.4 million in affordable housing tax credits and other tax benefits during 2016. The Company has federal low income housing tax credit carryforwards of $7.1 million and $7.9 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company's remaining capital commitments to these partnerships at December 31, 2017 and 2016 were approximately $18.2 million and $12.7 million, respectively. Such amounts are included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.