Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Note 18. Employee Benefit Plans

We sponsor a noncontributory qualified retirement plan and a separate and independent nonqualified supplemental retirement plan for certain employees. The components of net periodic benefit cost for both plans are as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	789		$	924		$	2,720		$	2,707
Interest cost		725			686			2,615			2,022
Expected return on plan assets		(405	)		(253	)		(1,630	)		(759	)
Prior service cost		(22	)		(21	)		(92	)		(63	)
Recognized loss		151			164			613			493
Total	$	1,238		$	1,500		$	4,226		$	4,400

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, we contributed $2.2 million and $2.0 million to the qualified retirement plan, respectively. Currently, we do not anticipate making any additional contributions to this plan during 2011.

We also have a deferred compensation plan for eligible employees allowing them to defer portions of their current cash salary or share-based compensation. Deferred amounts are deposited in a grantor trust, which are included in other net assets, and are reported as compensation expense in the year service is rendered. Cash deferrals are invested based on the employee's investment selections from a mix of assets based on a broad market diversification model. Deferred share-based compensation cannot be diversified, and distributions from this plan are made in the same form as the original deferral. See Note 16 for the disclosures associated with the fair value of the deferred compensation plan.