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Pension and postretirement benefits | 9 Months Ended
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Pension and postretirement benefits | Note 30 – Pension and postretirement benefits The Corporation has a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan and supplementary pension benefit restoration plans for regular employees of certain of its subsidiaries. The accrual of benefits under the plans is frozen to all participants. The components of net periodic pension cost for the periods presented were as follows:
|  | Pension Plan |  | Benefit Restoration Plans
|  | Quarters ended September 30, |  | Quarters ended September 30,
(In thousands) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Other operating expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost | $ | 6,029 | $ | 6,120 | $ | 344 | $ | 352
Expected return on plan assets |  | (9,551) |  | (10,186) |  | (509) |  | (502)
Amortization of net loss |  | 4,716 |  | 5,053 |  | 349 |  | 411
Total net periodic pension cost (benefit) | $ | 1,194 | $ | 987 | $ | 184 | $ | 261
|  | Pension Plans |  | Benefit Restoration Plans
|  | Nine months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(In thousands) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Other operating expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost | $ | 18,086 | $ | 18,359 | $ | 1,033 | $ | 1,057
Expected return on plan assets |  | (28,653) |  | (30,557) |  | (1,527) |  | (1,508)
Amortization of net loss |  | 14,147 |  | 15,160 |  | 1,048 |  | 1,233
Total net periodic pension cost (benefit) | $ | 3,580 | $ | 2,962 | $ | 554 | $ | 782
During the quarter ended September 30, 2018 the Corporation made a contribution to the pension and benefit restoration plans of $59 thousand. The total contributions expected to be paid during the year 2018 for the pension and benefit restoration plans amount to approximately $235 thousand. During the quarters ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, there is no service cost recognized as part of the net periodic pension cost since the accrual of benefits for all participants has been frozen. As part of the implementation of ASU 2017-07, the other components of net periodic pension cost were reclassified from “Personnel costs” to “Other operating expenses” in the consolidated statement of operations in the amount of $1.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 and $3.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The Corporation also provides certain postretirement health care benefits for retired employees of certain subsidiaries. The table that follows presents th e components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost.
|  | Postretirement Benefit Plan
|  | Quarters ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(In thousands) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Personnel Costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 257 | $ | 256 | $ | 771 | $ | 769
Other operating expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost |  | 1,390 |  | 1,426 |  | 4,171 |  | 4,277
Amortization of prior service cost |  | (868) |  | (950) |  | (2,603) |  | (2,850)
Amortization of net loss |  | 321 |  | 142 |  | 962 |  | 426
Total postretirement cost | $ | 1,100 | $ | 874 | $ | 3,301 | $ | 2,622
Contributions made to the postretirement benefit plan for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 amounted to approximately $1.4 million. The total contributions expected to be paid during the year 2018 for the postretirement benefi t plan amount to approximately $6.3 million. As part of the implementation of ASU 2017-07, the other components of net periodic postretirement benefit cost other than the service co st components were reclassified from “Personnel costs” to “Other operating expenses” in the consolidated statement of operations in the amount of $0.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 and $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

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