Other Long-Term Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Long-Term Assets
Other Long-Term Assets

Other long-term assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 consist of the following (in thousands):
 
2016
 
2015
Convertible note hedge asset
$
25,471

 
$

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies
1,824

 
1,674

Deferred financing fees
793

 
1,088

Investments
108

 
160

Long-term installment receivables
466

 
648

Long-term deferred taxes
837

 
908

Other
188

 
181

 
$
29,687

 
$
4,659


During the quarter ended March 31, 2016, the company issued $150,000,000 principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2021. As part of the transaction, the company entered into related convertible note hedge derivatives which are included in Other Long-Term Assets, the value of which will be adjusted quarterly to reflect fair value. See "Long-Term Debt" in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report for more detail. The company sold life insurance policies of $11,902,000 and $21,338,000 in 2015 and 2014, respectively, to fund payments as the result of the retirement of certain executive officers of the company.