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Retirement benefits
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Retirement benefits  
Retirement benefits

20. Retirement benefits

Retirement plans are offered to all employees in California, Florida, Cayman Islands and Bahamas. The plans are administered by third parties and are defined contribution plans , pursuant to which the Company matches participating employees’ contributions up to certain amounts. The Company matches contributions of up to 5% of a maximum salary amount of $104,400 for Cayman Islands employees, fully matches all contributions made by employees in the Bahamas, and matches contributions of up to 6% of salary for Florida employees. For California employees the Company matches contribution amounts equal to 2% or less of the employee's salary and matches 25% of contributions above this 2%  threshold, up to 10% of the employee’s salary. The Company’s expense for these plans was $450,732 and $408,128 for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018,  respectively.