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Fixed Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]  
Fixed Assets

NOTE 7  Fixed Assets

Fixed assets at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

(in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

 

$

231,005

 

 

$

213,928

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

42,485

 

 

 

39,194

 

Construction in progress

 

 

38,035

 

 

 

7,568

 

Land, buildings and improvements

 

 

8,400

 

 

 

8,185

 

Total cost

 

 

319,925

 

 

 

268,875

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(171,298

)

 

 

(168,480

)

Total

 

$

148,627

 

 

$

100,395

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense for fixed assets amounted to $23.4 million in 2019, $22.8 million in 2018 and $22.7 million in 2017.

Construction in progress reflects expenditures related to the construction of the new headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida.