Investment Securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Investment Securities [Abstract]

Schedule Of FHN's Available For Sale Securities

(Dollars in thousands)	On December 31, 2011
	Amortized Cost			Gross Unrealized Gains			Gross Unrealized Losses			Fair Value
Securities available for sale:
U.S. treasuries		$	40,030		$	91		$	-		$	40,121
Government agency issued mortgage-backed securities ("MBS")			1,334,174			76,054			-			1,410,228
Government agency issued collateralized mortgage obligations ("CMO")			1,325,011			32,932			-			1,357,943
Other U.S. government agencies			15,277			674			-			15,951
States and municipalities			18,070			-			-			18,070
Equity (a)			223,430			-			-			223,430
Other			511			18			-			529
Total securities available for sale (b)		$	2,956,503		$	109,769		$	-		$	3,066,272

(a)	Includes restricted investments in FHLB-Cincinnati stock of $125.5 million and FRB stock of $66.1 million. The remainder is money market, venture capital, and cost method investments.
(b)	Includes $2.7 billion of securities pledged to secure public deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and for other purposes. As of December 31, 2011, FHN had pledged $0.8 billion of the $2.7 billion pledged available for sale securities as collateral for securities sold under repurchase agreements.

(Dollars in thousands)	On December 31, 2010
	Amortized Cost			Gross Unrealized Gains			Gross Unrealized Losses				Fair Value
Securities available for sale:
U.S. treasuries		$	87,188		$	256		$	-			$	87,444
Government agency issued MBS			1,430,923			46,916			(7,881	)			1,469,958
Government agency issued CMO			1,136,607			32,133			-				1,168,740
Other U.S. government agencies			50,426			2,800			-				53,226
States and municipalities			26,015			-			-				26,015
Equity (a)			226,012			-			(9	)			226,003
Other			511			33			-				544
Total securities available for sale (b)		$	2,957,682		$	82,138		$	(7,890	)		$	3,031,930

(a)	Includes restricted investments in FHLB-Cincinnati stock of $125.5 million and FRB stock of $66.2 million. The remainder is money market, venture capital, and cost method investments. Additionally, $5.4 million is restricted pursuant to a reinsurance contract agreement.
(b)	Includes $2.7 billion of securities pledged to secure public deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, and for other purposes. As of December 31, 2010, FHN had pledged $1.5 billion of the $2.7 billion pledged available for sale securities as collateral for securities sold under repurchase agreements.

Schedule Of Amortized Cost And Fair Value By Contractual Maturity

(Dollars in thousands)	Available for Sale
	Amortized Cost			Fair Value
Within 1 year		$	50,044		$	50,310
After 1 year; within 5 years			6,763			7,262
After 5 years; within 10 years			-			-
After 10 years			16,570			16,570
Subtotal			73,377			74,142
Government agency issued MBS and CMO			2,659,185			2,768,171
Equity and other securities			223,941			223,959
Total		$	2,956,503		$	3,066,272

Schedule Of Realized Gross Gains And Losses On Sale From Available For Sale Portfolio

(Dollars in thousands)	Available for Sale
	2011				2010				2009
Gross gains on sales of securities (a)		$	44,787			$	15,709			$	-
Gross (losses) on sales of securities			(8,623	)			(1	)			(60	)
Net gain/(loss) on sales of securities (b)		$	36,164			$	15,708			$	(60	)
Venture capital investments (c)			-				(4,598	)			(601	)
Net other than temporary impairment ("OTTI") recorded (d)			-				(188	)			(517	)
Total securities gain/(loss), net		$	36,164			$	10,922			$	(1,178	)

(a)	2011 and 2010 include $35.1 million and $14.8 million, respectively, related to the sales of Visa class B shares.
(b)	Proceeds from sales during the 2011, 2010, and 2009 were $495.1 million, $528.8 million, and $18.9 million, respectively.
(c)	Generally includes write-offs and/or unrealized fair value adjustments related to venture capital investments.
(d)	OTTI recorded in 2010 is related to equity securities and in 2009 is related to cost method investment securities.

Schedule Of Investments Within The Available For Sale Portfolio That Have Unrealized Losses

(Dollars in thousands)	On December 31, 2010
	Less than 12 months							12 months or longer						Total
	Fair Value			Unrealized Losses				Fair Value			Unrealized Losses			Fair Value			Unrealized Losses
Government agency issued MBS		$	563,813		$	(7,881	)		$	-		$	-		$	563,813		$	(7,881	)
Total debt securities			563,813			(7,881	)			-			-			563,813			(7,881	)
Equity			34			(9	)			-			-			34			(9	)
Total temporarily impaired securities		$	563,847		$	(7,890	)		$	-		$	-		$	563,847		$	(7,890	)