OTHER ASSETS

The following table presents the detail of our other assets as of the dates indicated:



	June 30,		December 31,
Other Assets	2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Cash surrender value of BOLI	$	195,911	$	193,917
Interest receivable	81,816		82,935
Taxes receivable	37,022		98,998
CRA investments	54,474		49,432
Low income housing tax credit ("LIHTC") investments	48,468		39,235
Equity investments without readily determinable fair values	15,525		14,856
Equity investments with readily determinable fair values	4,569		—
Prepaid expenses	20,153		17,800
Other	37,708		43,550
Total other assets	$	495,646	$	540,723

The Company has purchased life insurance policies on certain employees and has also acquired life insurance policies through acquisitions. BOLI is recorded at the amount that can be realized under the insurance contract, which is the cash surrender value. The increase in the cash surrender value each period is recorded to "Noninterest income - other."

The Company makes various investments for CRA investment purposes including, but not limited to, CRA-related loan pool investments, CRA-related equity investments and investments in LIHTC partnerships. The loan pool and other CRA equity investments primarily consist of investments in partnerships which provide affordable housing and participations in loan pools which provide low-cost loans to low and moderate income applicants.

The Company invests as a limited partner in LIHTC partnerships that operate qualified affordable housing projects and generate tax benefits for investors, including federal low income housing tax credits. The partnerships are deemed to be VIEs because they do not have sufficient equity investment at risk and are structured with non-substantive voting rights. We are not the primary beneficiary of the VIEs and do not consolidate them. We amortize the investment in proportion to the allocated tax benefits using the proportional amortization method of accounting and record such benefits net of investment amortization in income tax expense.

Our equity investments without readily determinable fair values include investments in privately held companies and limited partnerships as well as investments in entities from which we issued trust preferred securities. On January 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2016-01 and ASU 2018-03 which changed the way we account for equity investments without readily determinable fair values previously accounted for using the cost method. Upon adoption, we have elected to measure our equity investments without readily determinable fair values using the measurement alternative. The Company reclassified $1.2 million of equity securities without readily determinable fair values previously included in securities available-for-sale to other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheet in the first quarter of 2018. The reclassification was applied prospectively without prior period amounts being restated. Carrying values of these investments are adjusted to fair value upon observable transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we sold a portion of one of our equity investments without a readily determinable fair value for an amount in excess of its basis, and consequently increased by $286,000 the remaining carrying value of this investment at June 30, 2018. Beginning January 1, 2018, unrealized and realized gains and losses on equity investments without readily determinable fair values are recorded in "Noninterest income - other."

Our equity investments with readily determinable fair values include investments in public companies and publicly-traded mutual funds. The Company reclassified $5.9 million of equity securities with readily determinable fair values previously included in securities available-for-sale to other assets on our condensed consolidated balance sheet in the first quarter of 2018. The reclassification was applied prospectively without prior period amounts being restated. Beginning January 1, 2018, unrealized and realized gains and losses on equity investments with readily determinable fair values are recorded in "Noninterest income - other."

The remaining other assets balance of $37.7 million at June 30, 2018 consists of, among other things, other receivables, equity warrants, and derivative assets.