LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

Long-term obligations at December 31 include:

	2012		2011
Junior subordinated debenture at 8.05 percent maturing March 5, 2028 (redeemed July 31, 2012)	$	—	$	154,640
Junior subordinated debenture at 3-month LIBOR plus 1.75 percent maturing June 30, 2036	96,392		96,392
Subordinated notes payable at 5.125 percent maturing June 1, 2015	125,000		125,000
Obligations under capitalized leases extending to June 2026	10,020		5,688
Notes payable to Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta with rates ranging from 2.00 percent to 3.88 percent and maturing through September 2018	170,299		225,000
Note payable to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle with a rate of 4.74 percent and a maturity date of July 2017	10,000		10,000
Debt from 2005 asset securitization (redeemed July 15, 2012)	—		35,645
Unamortized acquisition accounting adjustments	3,069		4,420
Other long-term debt	30,141		30,814
Total long-term obligations	$	444,921	$	687,599

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

Long-term obligations maturing in each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2012 include:

2013	$	3,690
2014	3,527
2015	206,306
2016	620
2017	10,504
Thereafter	220,274
Total long-term obligations	$	444,921