Investment Securities Held to Maturity Securities by Type (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities	$ 389,513	$ 384,324
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gain	7,506	331
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Loss	(25)	(2,314)
Securities held to maturity, fair value	396,994	382,341
US Government Agencies Residential Mortgage-backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities	4,615	4,775
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gain	154	0
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Loss	0	(7)
Securities held to maturity, fair value	4,769	4,768
US Government Agency Debt Securities Commercial [Domain]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities	35,625	16,843
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gain	225	0
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Loss	0	(247)
Securities held to maturity, fair value	35,850	16,596
Residential Mortgage Backed Securities [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities	297,681	315,609
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gain	5,865	30
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Loss	0	(1,824)
Securities held to maturity, fair value	303,546	313,815
Obligations of U.S. Government-Sponsored Enterprises - Mortgage-Backed Securities - Commercial [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities	14,809	15,187
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gain	378	0
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Loss	0	(178)
Securities held to maturity, fair value	15,187	15,009
Obligations of States and Political Subdivisions [Member]
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Held-to-maturity Securities	36,783	31,910
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Gain	884	301
Held-to-maturity Securities, Accumulated Unrecognized Holding Loss	(25)	(58)
Securities held to maturity, fair value	$ 37,642	$ 32,153

Amount after other than temporary impairment (OTTI) accretion, of investments in debt securities classified as held-to-maturity.

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