Loans Receivable - Loans Receivable by Internal Credit Rating (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) SecurityLoan	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) SecurityLoan	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| SecurityLoan	4	5
Liquidation Value of Loans Receivable \| $	$ 5,280
Liquidation Value of Loans Receivable \| $	$ 5,280	$ 24,005	$ 101,100
Greater than Zero [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| SecurityLoan	2	3
Liquidation Value of Loans Receivable \| $	$ 5,280
Liquidation Value of Loans Receivable \| $		$ 24,005
Equal to Zero [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| SecurityLoan	1	1
Less than Zero [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| SecurityLoan	1	1

Liquidation on real estate commercial and consumer net.

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- Definition

The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(c))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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- Definition

Indicates the number of mortgages under each classification.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29.3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6589523&loc=d3e617274-123014

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-04.(c) Schedule IV)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27047687&loc=d3e5864-122674

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