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Accrued Expenses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses | Accrued Expenses Accrued Expenses at December 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:
(in millions) | 2015 |  | 2014
Compensation and benefit plans (A) | $ | 162.7 |  |  | $ | 147.7 |
Product warranties | 106.3 |  |  | 110.6 |
Sales incentives and discounts | 87.4 |  |  | 90.0 |
Deferred revenue and customer deposits | 57.2 |  |  | 57.7 |
Insurance reserves (B) | 26.6 |  |  | 42.8 |
Secured obligations, repurchase and recourse | 24.7 |  |  | 26.1 |
Environmental reserves (C) | 25.4 |  |  | 10.1 |
Interest | 8.4 |  |  | 8.4 |
Real, personal and other non-income taxes | 7.2 |  |  | 7.9 |
Derivatives | 5.6 |  |  | 3.6 |
Other | 51.5 |  |  | 56.6 |
Total accrued expenses | $ | 563.0 |  |  | $ | 561.5 |
(A) The increase in compensation and benefit plans relates primarily to planned deferred compensation payments anticipated to occur in 2016 that were reclassified from Long-term liabilities. (B) The reduction in insurance reserves relates to the settlement of a product liability matter that was mostly offset by a reduction in Accounts receivable. (C) The increase in environmental reserves relates primarily to planned environmental remediation and clean-up efforts anticipated to occur in 2016 that were reclassified from Long-term liabilities.

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