Rollins manages its financing receivables on an aggregate basis when assessing and monitoring credit risks.  The Company’s credit risk is generally low with a large number of entities comprising Rollins’ customer base and dispersion across many different geographical regions.  The credit quality of a potential obligator is evaluated at the contracts’ inception based on their credit worthiness, while delinquencies of accounts are monitored closely.  Rollins requires potential obligators to have good credit worthiness with low risk before entering into a contract.

Total financed receivables, net were $22.8 million and $21.2 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.  Financed receivables are charged-off when it is deemed uncollectable or when 180 days have elapsed since the date of the last full contractual payment.  The Company’s charge-off policy has been consistently applied and no significant changes have been made to the policy during the periods reported.  Management considers the charge-off policy when evaluating the appropriateness of the allowance for doubtful accounts.  Charge-offs as a percentage of average financing receivables were 2.4%, 3.2% and 4.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, and the twelve months ended December 31, 2010, respectively.  Due to the low percentage of charge-off receivables and the high credit worthiness of the potential obligor, the entire Rollins, Inc. financing receivables portfolio has a low credit risk.

In certain circumstances, such as when delinquency is deemed to be of an administrative nature, accounts may still accrue interest when they reach 180 days past due.  As of September 30, 2011, there were no accounts on a non-accrual status, and no financing receivables greater than 180 days past due.

Included in financing receivables are notes receivable from franchise owners.  These notes are low risk as the repurchase of these franchises is guaranteed by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Orkin, Inc., and the repurchase price of the franchise are currently estimated and have historically been well above the receivable due from the franchise owner.

Rollins establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts to insure financing receivables are not overstated due to uncollectability.  The allowance balance is comprised of a general reserve, which is determined based on a percentage of the financing receivables balance, and a specific reserve, which is established for certain accounts with identified exposures, such as customer default, bankruptcy or other events, that make it unlikely that Rollins will recover its investment.  The general reserve percentages are based on several factors, which include consideration of historical credit losses and portfolio delinquencies, trends in overall weighted-average risk rating of the portfolio and information derived from competitive benchmarking.

The allowance for doubtful accounts related to financing receivables was as follows:

The following is a summary of the past due financing receivables as of:

Percentage of period-end gross financing receivables