Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses Total Impaired Loans by Class Segments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	$ 72,521	$ 90,826
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	50,759	53,617
Unpaid Principal Balance	123,280	144,443
Real estate - commercial mortgage
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	19,727	39,722
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	34,088	30,439
Unpaid Principal Balance	53,815	70,161
Commercial
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	17,420	14,804
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	12,068	12,312
Unpaid Principal Balance	29,488	27,116
Real estate – residential mortgage
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	19,675	25,315
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	2,025	979
Unpaid Principal Balance	21,700	26,294
Real estate - home equity
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	5,711	5,975
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	116	130
Unpaid Principal Balance	5,827	6,105
Construction
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	707	866
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	392	502
Unpaid Principal Balance	1,099	1,368
Consumer
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	17	92
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	0	0
Unpaid Principal Balance	17	92
Leases and other loans
Impaired Financing Receivables [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance, with related allowance	9,264	4,052
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	2,070	9,255
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 11,334	$ 13,307

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