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Investment Securities in Unrealized Loss Position, Qualitative Disclosure, Number of Positions, Total

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Projected recovery rate.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Impairment of Investment Securities - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Security Bank	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Security Bank	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment charges recognized			$ 0	$ 0
Amortized Cost	$ 1,045,850,000		1,045,850,000		$ 1,317,318,000
Securities available for sale, at fair value	$ 1,050,733,000		$ 1,050,733,000		1,309,819,000
Number of banks and other financial institutions comprising the security \| Bank	275		275
Number Of Pooled Securities with No Senior Class \| Security			3
Number of securities with no excess subordination \| Security	4		4
Number of Securities with Excess Subordination \| Security	5		5
Coupon rate			7.00%
Probability of default			100.00%
Projected recovery rate			0.00%
Probability percentage assigned to default bank subject to market indicators			10.00%
Probability percentage assigned to default bank			100.00%
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock	$ 53,976,000		$ 53,976,000		44,545,000
Investment Securities in Unrealized Loss Position, Qualitative Disclosure, Number of Positions, Total	45		45
Minimum [Member]
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Subordinated tranches range	7.00%		7.00%
Total principal amount of the respective securities	5.00%		5.00%
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Probabilities for performing collateral range			0.33%
Excess present value of future cash flows over our current book value			21.00%
Maximum [Member]
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Excess subordination as a percentage of current performing collateral			84.00%
Probabilities for performing collateral range			75.00%
Excess present value of future cash flows over our current book value			136.00%
Pooled Trust Preferred Collateralized Debt Obligations [Member]
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Percent of Unrealized Losses	59.00%		59.00%
Amortized Cost	$ 42,000,000		$ 42,000,000		41,926,000
Securities available for sale, at fair value	$ 35,779,000		35,779,000		28,999,000
Trust preferred collateralized debt obligations [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment charges recognized			$ 0	0
Percentage of Current Performing Collateral	0.00%		0.00%
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	$ 1,895,000		$ 1,895,000		6,682,000
Securities available for sale, at fair value	2,333,000		2,333,000		7,255,000
Pooled Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment charges recognized	0	$ 0
Equity Securities [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment charges recognized	0	0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	0	$ 0	0	$ 0
Amortized Cost	1,920,000		1,920,000		1,420,000
Securities available for sale, at fair value	1,920,000		1,920,000		1,420,000
Asset Size and Coupon Rate 1 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Collateral issued by financial institutions	15,000,000,000		$ 15,000,000,000
Coupon rate			7.00%
Prepayment rate			100.00%
Asset Size and Coupon Rate 2 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Coupon rate			7.00%
Fair Value Inputs , Prepayment Rate Year One and Two			40.00%
Fair Value Inputs , Prepayment Rate After Year Two			2.00%
Asset Size and Coupon Rate 3 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Prepayment rate			5.00%
Asset Size and Coupon Rate 3 [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
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Asset Size and Coupon Rate 3 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
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Collateral issued by financial institutions	15,000,000,000		15,000,000,000
Asset Size and Coupon Rate 4 [Member]
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Collateral issued by financial institutions	$ 2,000,000,000		$ 2,000,000,000
Coupon rate			10.00%
Prepayment rate			5.00%
Asset Size and Coupon Rate 5 [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
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Obligations of U.S. Government-Sponsored Enterprises - Other Government-Sponsored Enterprises [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
Percent of Unrealized Losses	40.00%		40.00%
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]
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