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Share-Based Payments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Share-Based Payments [Abstract]

Summary of Stock Option Transactions under our Share-Based Payment Plans

					Weighted
			Weighted		Average
			Average		Remaining		Aggregate
	Number		Exercise		Contractual		Intrinsic Value
	of Shares		Price		Life in Years		($ in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	1,402,256	$	18.08
Granted 2011	-		-
Exercised 2011	135,196		11.26
Forfeited or expired 2011	27,373		20.58
Outstanding at December 31, 2011	1,239,687	$	18.78		5.20	$	2,381
Exercisable at December 31, 2011	1,130,901	$	19.08		4.95	$	2,135

Summary of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Transactions under our Share-Based Payment Plans

			Weighted
			Average
	Number		Grant Date
	of Shares		Fair Value
Unvested restricted stock and RSU awards at December 31, 2010	1,241,900	$	16.85
Granted 2011	429,420		17.17
Vested 2011	361,305		22.45
Forfeited 2011	26,495		14.74
Unvested RSU awards at December 31, 2011	1,283,520	$	15.45

Weighted Average Assumptions for Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Other Options

	ESPP						All Other Option Plans
	2011		2010		2009		2011		2010		2009
Risk-free interest rate	0.13	%	0.20		0.31		-		2.30		1.85
Expected term	6 months		6 months		6 months		-		5 years		5 years
Dividend yield	3.0	%	3.3		3.4		-		3.3		3.9
Expected volatility	19	%	28		64		-		34		32

Weighted-Average Fair Value of Options and Stock Per Share

		2011		2010		2009
Stock options	$	-		3.83		2.68
Restricted stock and RSUs		17.17		14.69		14.22
Directors' stock compensation plan		-		16.09		15.11
ESPP:
Six month option		0.76		1.03		2.51
15% of grant date market value		2.62		2.35		2.49
Total ESPP		3.38		3.38		5.00
Agent Plan:
Discount of grant date market value		1.62		1.59		1.39

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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of employee stock purchase plans and all other option plans, including, but not limited to: (a) expected term, (b) expected volatility of the entity's shares, (c) expected dividends, (d) risk-free rate(s), and (e) discount for post-vesting restrictions.

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Disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock and restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock and restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the weighted-average grant-date fair value of equity options or other equity instruments granted during the year.

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