Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures - Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest	$ 23,022	$ 31,597	$ 43,303
Income taxes	3,080	11,641	5,900
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
ESOP loan reductions	0	1,600	2,000
Loans transferred to other real estate owned and repossessed assets	12,326	4,979	34,269
Other Real Estate Owned and Settled Out of Period	348	0	0
Fair value of loans transferred from held to maturity to available for sale	20,135	0	14,235
Gross (decrease) increase in market value adjustment to securities available for sale	(33,792)	(874)	7,107
Unsettled treasury stock repurchases	$ 0	$ 1,222	$ 0

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The amount of cash provided by the employer through contributions or dividends that the ESOP used in the period to repay debt and interest on a third-party loan made directly to the ESOP.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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