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Executive Benefit Agreements and Employee Savings Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Compensation Related Costs [Abstract] |
Executive Benefit Agreements | The following table includes information about these agreements:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Total undiscounted death benefits |  | $ | 4,501 |  |  | $ | 6,417 |
Total accrued death benefits |  | $ | 4,040 |  |  | $ | 4,054 |
Total undiscounted executive benefits |  | $ | 913 |  |  | $ | 1,900 |
Total accrued executive benefits |  | $ | 564 |  |  | $ | 1,363 |
Executive Benefit Expenses |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Costs (recovery of costs) associated with executive benefits included in SG&A, net (1) |  | $ | (561 | ) |  | $ | 166 |  |  | $ | (2 | )
(1) | During 2015, the employment of certain executives, subject to the provisions of the 1981 and 1992 Agreements, were terminated, resulting in the forfeiture of the respective benefits. As a result of these events, the accrual for these estimated benefits was derecognized resulting in a net recovery of costs associated with executive benefits.
Life Insurance Policies | The following table summarizes certain information about these life insurance policies.
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Total face value of life insurance policies |  | $ | 21,242 |  |  | $ | 26,242 |
Total cash surrender values of life insurance policies |  | $ | 5,007 |  |  | $ | 6,936 |
Loans on cash surrender values |  |  | (1,288 | ) |  |  | — |
Net cash surrender values |  | $ | 3,719 |  |  | $ | 6,936 |
Life Insurance Premiums |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (In Thousands) |
Cost of life insurance premiums |  | $ | 1,040 |  |  | $ | 1,077 |  |  | $ | 1,006 |
Increases in cash surrender values |  |  | (586 | ) |  |  | (714 | ) |  |  | (681 | )
Net cost of life insurance premiums included in SG&A |  | $ | 454 |  |  | $ | 363 |  |  | $ | 325 |

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