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Commitments, Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Contractual Obligations | Our future minimum cash payments, including interest, associated with our contractual obligations pursuant to the note purchase agreements, Credit Agreement, Premium Financing Debt Facility, operating leases and purchase commitments at December 31, 2018 were as follows (in millions):
|  | Payments Due by Period |
Contractual Obligations |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | Thereafter |  |  | Total |
Note purchase agreements |  | $ | 100.0 |  |  | $ | 100.0 |  |  | $ | 75.0 |  |  | $ | 200.0 |  |  | $ | 300.0 |  |  | $ | 2,423.0 |  |  | $ | 3,198.0 |
Credit Agreement |  |  | 265.0 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 265.0 |
Premium Financing Debt Facility |  |  | 154.0 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 154.0 |
Interest on debt |  |  | 138.0 |  |  |  | 132.5 |  |  |  | 127.9 |  |  |  | 122.5 |  |  |  | 113.1 |  |  |  | 444.5 |  |  |  | 1,078.5 |
Total debt obligations |  |  | 657.0 |  |  |  | 232.5 |  |  |  | 202.9 |  |  |  | 322.5 |  |  |  | 413.1 |  |  |  | 2,867.5 |  |  |  | 4,695.5 |
Operating lease obligations |  |  | 106.8 |  |  |  | 92.0 |  |  |  | 78.8 |  |  |  | 61.1 |  |  |  | 44.3 |  |  |  | 87.4 |  |  |  | 470.4 |
Less sublease arrangements |  |  | (0.8 | ) |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | (1.0 | ) |  |  | (3.6 | )
Outstanding purchase obligations |  |  | 32.1 |  |  |  | 14.6 |  |  |  | 11.3 |  |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 60.1 |
Total contractual obligations |  | $ | 795.1 |  |  | $ | 338.5 |  |  | $ | 292.4 |  |  | $ | 385.4 |  |  | $ | 457.1 |  |  | $ | 2,953.9 |  |  | $ | 5,222.4 |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments | Off-Balance Sheet Commitments - Our total unrecorded commitments associated with outstanding letters of credit, financial guarantees and funding commitments at December 31, 2018 were as follows (in millions):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Total |
|  | Amount of Commitment Expiration by Period |  |  | Amounts |
Off-Balance Sheet Commitments |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | Thereafter |  |  | Committed |
Letters of credit |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 17.0 |  |  | $ | 18.3 |
Financial guarantees |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.6 |  |  |  | 1.6 |
Total commitments |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 17.6 |  |  | $ | 19.9 |
Outstanding Letters of Credit and Funding Commitments | Our commitments associated with outstanding letters of credit, financial guarantees and funding commitments at December 31, 2018 were as follows (all dollar amounts in table are in millions):
|  |  |  |  | Compensation |  |  | Maximum |  |  | Liability |
Description, Purpose and Trigger |  | Collateral |  |  | to Us |  |  | Exposure |  |  | Recorded |
Credit support under letters of credit (LOC) for deductibles due by us on our own insurance coverages - expires after 2023 Trigger - We do not reimburse the insurance companies for deductibles the insurance companies advance on our behalf |  |  | None |  |  |  | None |  |  | $ | 10.2 |  |  | $ | 15.8 |
Credit enhancement under letters of credit for our captive insurance operations to meet minimum statutory capital requirements - expires after 2023 Trigger - Dissolution or catastrophic financial results of the operation |  |  | None |  |  |  | Reimbursement of LOC fees |  |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  | — |
Collateral related to claims funds held in a fiduciary capacity by a recent acquisition - expires 2020 Trigger - Claim payments are not made |  |  | None |  |  |  | None |  |  |  | 1.3 |  |  |  | — |
Credit support under letters of credit in lieu of a security deposit for an acquisition’s lease - expires 2023 Trigger - Lease payments do not get made |  |  | None |  |  |  | None |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | — |
Financial guarantees of loans to 6 Canadian-based employees - expires when loan balances are reduced to zero through May 2029 - Principal and interest payments are paid quarterly Trigger - Default on loan payments |  |  | (1) |  |  |  | None |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  | — |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 19.9 |  |  | $ | 15.8 |
(1) | The guarantees are collateralized by shares in minority holdings of our Canadian operating companies.

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