Investment Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Securities pledged as collateral	$ 447,700,000
FHLB pledged investment securities	0	0
Proceeds from sale of investment securities	274,100,000	770,000,000
Net gains from sale of investment securities	3,500,000	21,300,000
Gains from sale of investment securities	3,700,000
Losses from sale of investment securities	230,000
Unamortized premiums	25,300,000
Unaccreted discounts	63,000
Owned investment securities	747,718,000	111,339,000
Total unrealized losses on securities	34,754,000	717,000
Mortgage-Backed Securities ("MBS") [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
OTTI on evaluation of Mortgage backed securities	$ 0
Weighted average duration of MBS portfolio	5.3

This item represents the aggregate fair value of investments in debt and equity securities in an unrealized loss position which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

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