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Executive Benefit Agreements and Employee Savings Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Executive Benefit Agreements | The following table includes information about these agreements:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Total undiscounted death benefits |  | $ | 6,417 |  |  | $ | 6,667 |
Total accrued death benefits |  | $ | 4,121 |  |  | $ | 4,185 |
Total undiscounted executive benefits |  | $ | 1,904 |  |  | $ | 1,928 |
Total accrued executive benefits |  | $ | 1,280 |  |  | $ | 1,365 |
Executive Benefit Expenses |
|  |  |  |  | December 31, |  |  |  |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Costs associated with executive benefits included in SG&A, net |  | $ | (2 | ) |  | $ | 186 |  |  | $ | 158 |
Life Insurance Policies | The following table summarizes certain information about these life insurance policies.
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Total face value of life insurance policies |  | $ | 26,242 |  |  | $ | 21,242 |
Total cash surrender values of life insurance policies |  | $ | 6,184 |  |  | $ | 5,439 |
Life Insurance Premiums | Cash surrender values of life insurance policies are included in other assets.
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Cost of life insurance premiums |  | $ | 1,159 |  |  | $ | 851 |  |  | $ | 851 |
Increases in cash surrender values |  |  | (745 | ) |  |  | (479 | ) |  |  | (499 | )
Net cost of life insurance premiums included in SG&A |  | $ | 414 |  |  | $ | 372 |  |  | $ | 352 |

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