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Commitments, Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contingent Liabilities (Details Textuals) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Commitments, Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, and Contingent Liabilities (Textuals) [Line Items]        
Standby letters of credit Fair value $ 3,542,000us-gaap_LinesOfCreditFairValueDisclosure [1] $ 3,754,000us-gaap_LinesOfCreditFairValueDisclosure [1]    
Commitment on standby letters of credit 353,000,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount 371,000,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount    
Carrying value of investments 27,000,000us-gaap_OtherInvestments 33,000,000us-gaap_OtherInvestments    
Commitments under unconsolidated projects 28,000,000asb_CommitmentsUnderUnconsolidatedProjects 16,000,000asb_CommitmentsUnderUnconsolidatedProjects    
Residential mortgage loans sold with recourse risk 46,000,000asb_ResidentialMortgageLoansSoldWithRecourseRisk 56,000,000asb_ResidentialMortgageLoansSoldWithRecourseRisk    
Residential mortgage loans sold with credit recourse risk 178,000,000asb_ResidentialMortgageLoansSoldWithCreditRecourseRisk 233,000,000asb_ResidentialMortgageLoansSoldWithCreditRecourseRisk    
Loans sold to outside investors original amount 18,700,000,000asb_Loanssoldtooutsideinvestorsoriginalamount      
Loans sold to outside investors remaining outstanding amount 7,600,000,000asb_Loanssoldtooutsideinvestorsremainingoutstandingamount      
Loans repurchased under make whole requests 5,000,000asb_Loansrepurchasedundermakewholerequests 3,000,000asb_Loansrepurchasedundermakewholerequests    
Loss reimbursement claims under make whole requests 734,000asb_Lossreimbursementclaimsundermakewholerequests 3,000,000asb_Lossreimbursementclaimsundermakewholerequests    
Mortgage Repurchase Reserve [Member]        
Commitments, Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, and Contingent Liabilities (Textuals) [Line Items]        
Balance at end of period 3,258,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
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= asb_MortgagerepurchasereservememberMember
5,737,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= asb_MortgagerepurchasereservememberMember
3,300,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
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= asb_MortgagerepurchasereservememberMember
 
Reserve for Off-balance Sheet Activities [Member]        
Commitments, Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, and Contingent Liabilities (Textuals) [Line Items]        
Balance at end of period $ 24,900,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
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= us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember
$ 21,900,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember
$ 21,800,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
/ us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember
$ 14,700,000us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance
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= us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember
[1] (1) The commitment on standby letters of credit was $353 million and $371 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. See Note 15 for additional information on the standby letters of credit and for information on the fair value of lending-related commitments.