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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summary of Changes in Loan Origination Liability | hanges in these liabilities were as follows ($000's omitted):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Liabilities, beginning of period | $ | 25,159 |  |  | $ | 50,282 |  |  | $ | 34,641 |
Reserves provided (released), net | 26,410 |  |  | (225) |  |  | 16,130 |
Payments | (39,600) |  |  | (24,898) |  |  | (489) |
Liabilities, end of period | $ | 11,969 |  |  | $ | 25,159 |  |  | $ | 50,282 |
Summary of Changes in Warranty Liability | Changes in warranty liabilities were as follows ($000’s omitted):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Warranty liabilities, beginning of period | $ | 91,389 |  |  | $ | 79,154 |  |  | $ | 72,709 |
Reserves provided | 64,492 |  |  | 60,818 |  |  | 65,567 |
Payments | (70,869) |  |  | (75,635) |  |  | (64,525) |
Other adjustments (a) | (2,268) |  |  | 27,052 |  |  | 5,403 |
Warranty liabilities, end of period | $ | 82,744 |  |  | $ | 91,389 |  |  | $ | 79,154 |
Summary of Changes in Self-insurance Liability | Changes in these liabilities were as follows ($000's omitted):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 709,798 |  |  | $ | 737,013 |  |  | $ | 758,812 |
Reserves provided | 83,912 |  |  | 83,209 |  |  | 93,156 |
Adjustments to previously recorded reserves | (93,431) |  |  | (49,437) |  |  | (35,873) |
Payments, net (a) | (58,500) |  |  | (60,987) |  |  | (79,082) |
Balance, end of period | $ | 641,779 |  |  | $ | 709,798 |  |  | $ | 737,013 |
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments Required Under Leases | The future minimum lease payments required under our leases as of December 31, 2020 were as follows ($000's omitted):
Years Ending December 31, |
2021 | $ | 21,154 |
2022 | 22,412 |
2023 | 20,334 |
2024 | 14,032 |
2025 | 9,303 |
Thereafter | 19,432 |
Total lease payments (a) | 106,667 |
Less: Interest (b) | 15,302 |
Present value of lease liabilities (c) | $ | 91,365 |
(a) Lease payments include options to extend lease terms that are reasonably certain of being exercised and exclude $1.7 million of legally binding minimum lease payments for leases signed but not yet commenced at December 31, 2020. (b) Our leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, we must estimate our discount rate for such leases to determine the present value of lease payments at the lease commencement date. (c) The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate used in calculating our lease liabilities were 5.4 years and 5.4%, respectively, at December 31, 2020.

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