Contracts with Customers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

4.	Contracts with Customers

Contract Assets and Liabilities/Contract Balances

Information about unbilled receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers is as follows (in millions):

	March 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Unbilled receivables	$	767.7	$	496.2
Deferred contract costs		55.1		91.6
Deferred revenue		480.1		457.7

The unbilled receivables primarily relate to our rights to consideration for work completed but not billed at the reporting date. These are transferred to the receivables when the client is billed. The deferred contract costs represent the costs we incur to fulfill a new or renewal contract with our clients prior to the effective date of the contract. These costs are expensed on the contract effective date. The deferred revenue represents the remaining performance obligations under our contracts.

Significant changes in the deferred revenue balances, which include foreign currency translation adjustments, during the period are as follows (in millions):

	Brokerage			Risk Management			Total
Deferred revenue at December 31, 2018	$	284.7		$	173.0		$	457.7
Incremental deferred revenue		162.8			41.7			204.5
Revenue recognized during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 included in deferred revenue at December 31, 2018		(137.6	)		(44.1	)		(181.7	)
Deferred revenue recognized from business acquisitions		(0.4	)		—			(0.4	)
Deferred revenue at March 31, 2019	$	309.5		$	170.6		$	480.1

Remaining Performance Obligations

Remaining performance obligations represent the portion of the contract price for which work has not been performed. As of March 31, 2019, the aggregate amount of the contract price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $480.1 million. The estimated revenue expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied (or partially unsatisfied) at the end of the reporting period is as follows (in millions):

	Brokerage		Risk Management		Total
2019 (remaining nine months)	$	252.0	$	80.7	$	332.7
2020		32.9		36.3		69.2
2021		19.7		18.0		37.7
2022		3.8		10.4		14.2
2023		0.6		6.1		6.7
Thereafter		0.5		19.1		19.6
Total	$	309.5	$	170.6	$	480.1

Deferred Contract Costs

We capitalize costs incurred to fulfill contracts as “deferred contract costs” which are included in other current assets in our consolidated balance sheet. Deferred contract costs were $55.1 million and $91.6 million as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Capitalized fulfillment costs are amortized on the contract effective date. The amount of amortization of the deferred contract costs was $113.4 million and $100.4 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

We have applied the practical expedient to recognize the incremental costs of obtaining contracts as an expense when incurred if the amortization period of the assets that we otherwise would have recognized is one year or less for our brokerage segment. These costs are included in compensation and operating expenses in our consolidated statement of earnings.