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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Employee Benefit [Line Items] |
Schedule of Accumulated and Projected Benefit Obligations | The following table reconciles the accumulated liability for the projected benefit obligation:
|  | December 31,
2013 |  | 2012
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 11,616 |  |  | $ | 11,237 |
Established through acquisitions |  | 3,398 |  |  | — |
Change in actuarial loss |  | 2,212 |  |  | (80 | )
Benefit expense |  | 1,880 |  |  | 1,017 |
Benefit payments |  | (2,683 | ) |  | (558 | )
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 16,423 |  |  | $ | 11,616 |
SERP [Member] |
Employee Benefit [Line Items] |
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments | The benefits expected to be paid in conjunction with the SERP are presented in the following table:
Years Ending December 31, |  | (in thousands)
2014 |  | $ | 1,702 |
2015 |  | 975 |
2016 |  | 994 |
2017 |  | 1,088 |
2018 |  | 1,355 |
2019 through 2023 |  | 8,852 |
Total |  | $ | 14,966 |

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