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Insurance (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Insurance [Abstract]

Current and long-term insurance reserves

At December 31, 2014 and 2013, current and long-term insurance reserves were included in Other Current Liabilities and Other Liabilities, respectively, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows:

	2014				2013
Insurance reserves - current portion	$	24.9			$	24.1
Insurance reserves - long-term portion	46.5				42.2
Total insurance reserves	$	71.4			$	66.3

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amounts of current and non-current liabilities for insurance reserves.

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