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ALLOWANCE FOR ESTIMATED LOSSES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Allowance For Estimated Losses Tables

Schedule of allowance for estimated losses

The table below shows our allowance for estimated losses (dollars in thousands):

		2015				2014				2013
Balance January 1,		$	18,279			$	19,600			$	21,704
Increase (decrease) in provision			(1,242	)			(1,321	)			(2,104	)
Balance December 31,		$	17,037			$	18,279			$	19,600

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Tabular disclosure of financing receivables (examples of financing receivables include loans, trade accounts receivable and notes receivable) and activity in the allowance for credit losses account.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 11B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953423-111524

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