Loans Held for Investment and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans - Loans Outstanding by Impairment Methodology (Detail) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	$ 113,796
Collectively evaluated for impairment	5,545,349
Loans Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	2,998
Real Estate [Member] \| Non-residential Real Estate Owner Occupied [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	21,690
Collectively evaluated for impairment	685,726
Real Estate [Member] \| Non-residential Real Estate Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	23,933
Collectively evaluated for impairment	1,113,242
Real Estate [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Permanent Mortgage [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	9,468
Collectively evaluated for impairment	331,104
Real Estate [Member] \| Residential Real Estate Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	17,898
Collectively evaluated for impairment	902,934
Commercial and Financial [Member] \| Non-consumer Non-real Estate [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	27,016
Collectively evaluated for impairment	1,427,377
Consumer Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	3,090
Collectively evaluated for impairment	359,264
Other Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	231
Collectively evaluated for impairment	153,784
Acquired Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Individually evaluated for impairment	10,470
Collectively evaluated for impairment	143,351
Acquired Loans [Member] \| Loans Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	860
Pegasus Bank [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Collectively evaluated for impairment	428,567
Pegasus Bank [Member] \| Loans Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	$ 2,138

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