Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Money market funds	$ 30,030	$ 43,484
Commissions and fees payable	$ 67,221	60,594
Tax benefit from share based compensation		4,458
Tax benefit related to excluded windfall deductions		4,446
Forfeitures for share-based compensation		63
Tax benefit for share-based compensation forfeitures		$ 12
Subsidiary of Common Parent
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	80.00%
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Effect of adoption of ASU 2014-09	$ 29,344
Difference between revenue guidance in effect before and after Topic 606 \| Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Effect of adoption of ASU 2014-09	5,748
Renewal commission receivable	58,788
Commissions and fees payable	29,395
Contract receivable asset	23,516
Contract fulfillment	80
Net intangible assets	$ 23,645
Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Customer relationship period	6 years
Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Customer relationship period	10 years

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph c(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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