Pension

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Pension [Abstract]

Pension

Pension

The amount of net pension cost is shown in the table below:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30				For the Nine Months Ended September 30
(In thousands)	2022		2021		2022		2021
Service cost - benefits earned during the period	$	128	$	95	$	391	$	284
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation	713		514		2,043		1,626
Expected return on plan assets	(1,135)		(1,151)		(3,386)		(3,399)
Amortization of prior service cost	(68)		(67)		(203)		(203)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss	470		669		1,465		1,971
Net periodic pension cost	$	108	$	60	$	310	$	279

All benefits accrued under the Company’s defined benefit pension plan have been frozen since January 1, 2011. During the first nine months of 2022, the Company made no funding contributions to its defined benefit pension plan and made minimal funding contributions to a supplemental executive retirement plan (the CERP), which carries no segregated assets.