Credit Quality Assessment (Troubled Debt Restructured Loans for Specific Segments of the Loan Portfolio) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	$ 1,900	$ 1,600
Troubled Debt Restructuring
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	1,243	1,359
Restructured non-accruing	639	284
Balance	1,882	1,643
Specific allowance	452	99
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	1,003	75
Restructured non-accruing	0	92
Balance	1,003	167
Specific allowance	303	99
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Troubled Debt Restructuring \| All Other
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	0	0
Restructured non-accruing	0	0
Balance	0	0
Specific allowance	0	0
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial Acquisition, Development and Construction
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	0	0
Restructured non-accruing	0	192
Balance	0	192
Specific allowance	0	0
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial Investor Real Estate
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	0	1,284
Restructured non-accruing	0	0
Balance	0	1,284
Specific allowance	0	0
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	0	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Troubled Debt Restructuring \| Commercial Owner Occupied Real Estate
Financing Receivable Modifications [Line Items]
Restructured accruing	240	0
Restructured non-accruing	639	0
Balance	879	0
Specific allowance	149	0
Restructured and subsequently defaulted	$ 0	$ 0

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