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Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses - Schedule of Composition of Loans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	$ 6,847,898	$ 6,318,201	$ 6,242,435
Allowance for loan losses	(49,515)	(44,297)	(44,693)
Allowance for loan losses - covered loans	(1,711)	(3,552)	(3,586)
Net loans	6,796,672	6,270,352	$ 6,194,156
Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	1,740,394	1,629,600
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	1,640,289	1,519,156
Consumer Loan [Member] \| Consumer Credit - Heloc [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	362,055	360,320
Construction [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	164,247	134,552
Other [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	1,681,642	1,576,558
Other [Member] \| Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	140,243	103,338
Consumer Credit - Auto [Member] \| Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	1,004,989	846,969
Covered Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans by lending classification	$ 114,039	$ 147,708