Credit Quality Assessment (Impaired Loans by Portfolio) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable Impaired [Line Items]
Average impaired loans for the period	$ 28,769	$ 34,331
Contractual interest income due on impaired loans during the period	1,326	2,339
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on a cash basis	324	773
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on an accrual basis	122	280
Commercial
Financing Receivable Impaired [Line Items]
Average impaired loans for the period	4,013	5,308
Contractual interest income due on impaired loans during the period	207	311
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on a cash basis	93	252
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on an accrual basis	29	63
All Other
Financing Receivable Impaired [Line Items]
Average impaired loans for the period	3,808	7,082
Contractual interest income due on impaired loans during the period	96	87
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on a cash basis	20	60
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on an accrual basis	39	106
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment \| Commercial Acquisition, Development and Construction
Financing Receivable Impaired [Line Items]
Average impaired loans for the period	1,340	3,651
Contractual interest income due on impaired loans during the period	188	352
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on a cash basis	11	39
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on an accrual basis	0	0
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment \| Commercial Investor Real Estate
Financing Receivable Impaired [Line Items]
Average impaired loans for the period	10,829	9,327
Contractual interest income due on impaired loans during the period	469	730
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on a cash basis	15	78
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on an accrual basis	54	111
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment \| Commercial Owner Occupied Real Estate
Financing Receivable Impaired [Line Items]
Average impaired loans for the period	8,779	8,963
Contractual interest income due on impaired loans during the period	366	859
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on a cash basis	185	344
Interest income on impaired loans recognized on an accrual basis	$ 0	$ 0

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