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Acquisitions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions The Company and Benefit Consultants Group, Inc. (BCG) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement under which the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of BCG with a transaction valued at $25 million. The acquisition was approved by the Company’s Board and closed on January 2, 2019. The acquisition of BCG gave rise to recognition of intangible assets of $16.2 million and goodwill of $10.1 million as a result of the purchase accounting. The intangible assets are reported as Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Intangible assets that are amortizable have lives of 10 to 16 years.

On December 10, 2018, the Company and NTA Life Enterprises, LLC and Ellard Enterprises, Inc. (collectively, NTA) holding companies and their supplemental insurance subsidiaries entered into a Purchase Agreement under which the Company will acquire all of the equity interests in NTA for $405 million. The acquisition has been approved by the Company’s Board and is expected to close in mid-2019, pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.