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Retirement Plans (Table) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Funded Status Of Retirement Income Plan |
|  | Retirement Income Plan
($ in thousands) |  | March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Change in Benefit Obligation: |  |  |  |
Benefit obligation, beginning of year |  | $ | 302,647 |  |  | 254,009 |
Service cost |  | 2,449 |  |  | 8,091 |
Interest cost |  | 3,303 |  |  | 12,981 |
Actuarial (gain) losses |  | (11,485 | ) |  | 33,596 |
Benefits paid |  | (1,598 | ) |  | (6,030 | )
Impact of curtailment |  | (29,603 | ) |  | — |
Benefit obligation, end of period |  | $ | 265,713 |  |  | 302,647 |
Change in Fair Value of Assets: |  |  |  |
Fair value of assets, beginning of year |  | $ | 207,150 |  |  | 182,614 |
Actual return on plan assets, net of expenses |  | 6,760 |  |  | 21,896 |
Contribution by employer to funded plans |  | 2,650 |  |  | 8,550 |
Contribution by employer to unfunded plans |  | 30 |  |  | 120 |
Benefits paid |  | (1,598 | ) |  | (6,030 | )
Fair value of assets, end of period |  | $ | 214,992 |  |  | 207,150 |
Funded status |  | $ | (50,721 | ) |  | (95,497 | )
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheet |
Amount Recognized in Consolidated Balance Sheet: |  |  |  |
Liabilities |  | $ | (50,721 | ) |  | (95,497 | )
Net pension liability, end of period |  | $ | (50,721 | ) |  | (95,497 | )
Amounts recognized in AOCI |
Amount Recognized in AOCI: |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  | $ | — |  |  | 26 |
Net actuarial loss |  | 57,543 |  |  | 103,365 |
Total |  | $ | 57,543 |  |  | 103,391 |
Other Information |
Other Information: |  |  |  |
Accumulated benefit obligation |  | $ | 257,412 |  |  | 265,899 |
Weighted-Average Liability Assumptions |
Weighted-Average Liability Assumptions: |  |  |  |
Discount Rate |  | 4.66 | % |  | 4.42
Rate of compensation increase |  | 4.00 | % |  | 4.00
Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost And Other Amounts Recognized In Other Comprehensive Income |
|  | Retirement Income Plan Quarter ended March 31, |  | Retirement Life Plan Quarter ended March 31,
($ in thousands) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Other Amounts Recognized in OCI: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 2,449 |  |  | 2,154 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest cost |  | 3,303 |  |  | 3,230 |  |  | 70 |  |  | 74 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (3,848 | ) |  | (3,547 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost |  | 10 |  |  | 38 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial loss |  | 1,822 |  |  | 1,383 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 7 |
Curtailment expense |  | 16 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total net periodic cost |  | $ | 3,752 |  |  | 3,258 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 81 |
Other Changes in Plan Assets and Benefit Obligations Recognized in OCI: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net actuarial gain due to curtailment |  | $ | (44,000 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Reversal of amortization of net actuarial loss |  | (1,822 | ) |  | (1,383 | ) |  | (18 | ) |  | (7 | )
Reversal of amortization of prior service cost |  | (10 | ) |  | (38 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Curtailment expense |  | (16 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total recognized in OCI |  | $ | (45,848 | ) |  | (1,421 | ) |  | (18 | ) |  | (7 | )
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and OCI |  | $ | (42,096 | ) |  | 1,837 |  |  | 70 |  |  | 74 |
Schedule Of Weighted-Average Expense Assumption |
|  | Retirement Income Plan Quarter ended March 31, |  | Retirement Life Plan Quarter ended March 31,
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Weighted-Average Expense Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 4.42 | % |  | 5.16 |  | 4.42 |  | 5.16
Expected return on plan assets |  | 7.40 | % |  | 7.75 |  | — |  | —
Rate of compensation increase |  | 4.00 | % |  | 4.00 |  | — |  | —
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments |
($ in thousands) |  | Retirement Income Plan
Benefits Expected to be Paid in Future Years |  |  |
Fiscal Years: |  |  |
2013 |  | $ | 7,586 |
2014 |  | 8,384 |
2015 |  | 9,148 |
2016 |  | 9,942 |
2017 |  | 10,810 |
2018-2022 |  | 67,447 |

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