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Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Other assets and accrued and other liabilities | Other assets and accrued and other liabilities Other assets are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Accounts and notes receivable: |  |  |
Insurance receivables (Note 12) | $ | 130,170 |  |  | $ | 60,598 |
Notes receivable | 28,288 |  |  | 30,699 |
Other receivables | 83,177 |  |  | 63,867 |
| 241,635 |  |  | 155,164 |
Prepaid expenses | 109,113 |  |  | 72,585 |
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs (Note 1) | 162,119 |  |  | 127,280 |
Property and equipment, net (Note 1) | 86,312 |  |  | 75,219 |
Income taxes receivable (Note 9) | 25,080 |  |  | 21,330 |
Other | 46,840 |  |  | 91,640 |
| $ | 671,099 |  |  | $ | 543,218 |
We record receivables from various parties in the normal course of business, including amounts due from insurance companies (see Note 12), municipalities, and vendors. In certain instances, we may accept consideration for land sales or other transactions in the form of a note receivable. Accrued and other liabilities are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Self-insurance liabilities (Note 12) | $ | 692,053 |  |  | $ | 710,245 |
Loan origination liabilities (Note 12) | 46,381 |  |  | 58,222 |
Compensation-related | 124,798 |  |  | 142,586 |
Warranty (Note 12) | 61,179 |  |  | 65,389 |
Community development district obligations (Note 12) | 11,964 |  |  | 17,122 |
Accrued interest | 20,541 |  |  | 20,446 |
Limited recourse notes payable | 35,336 |  |  | 22,255 |
Dividends payable | 31,568 |  |  | 29,682 |
Other | 260,453 |  |  | 277,827 |
| $ | 1,284,273 |  |  | $ | 1,343,774 |

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