Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses at December 31 consist of the following (in thousands):

	2016		2015
Compensation	$	27,669	$	22,215
Interest and taxes	13,102		11,742
Customer rebates	10,303		9,733
Insurance	7,584		9,057
Acquisition payable	1,000		2,314
Other	10,734		12,544
Total accrued expenses	$	70,392	$	67,605

Accrued expenses for insurance are primarily for general liability, workers’ compensation and employee healthcare policies for which the Company is self-insured up to certain per-occurrence and aggregate limits. The amounts accrued represent the Company's best estimates of the probable amount of claims to be paid. Differences between the amounts accrued and the amount that may be reasonably possible of payment are not material.