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Other Income, Net | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Other Income And Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Income, Net | Note 12—Other income, net:
| Nine months ended September 30, |
| 2015 |  |  | 2016 |
| (In millions) |
Securities earnings: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends and interest | $ | 19.8 |  |  | $ | 20.3 |
Securities transactions, net |  | .1 |  |  |  | .2 |
Total |  | 19.9 |  |  |  | 20.5 |
Currency transactions, net |  | .6 |  |  |  | 3.2 |
Insurance recoveries |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | .4 |
Business interruption insurance proceeds |  | — |  |  |  | 3.4 |
Other, net |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | .8 |
Total | $ | 25.4 |  |  | $ | 28.3 |
Insurance recoveries reflect, in part, amounts NL received from certain of its former insurance carriers and relate to the recovery of prior lead pigment and asbestos litigation defense costs incurred by NL. We recognized $3.4 million in income related to cash Kronos received in the first nine months of 2016 from settlement of a business interruption insurance claim arising in 2014. No additional material amounts are expected to be received with respect to such insurance claim.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688 + Details
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