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Activity in Allowance for Losses for Non-Covered Loans and Covered Loans (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for Loan Losses, Individually evaluated for impairment	$ 189	$ 577
Allowance for Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	152,503	155,947
Allowance for Loan Losses	172,356	181,991
Acquired loans with deteriorated credit quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for Loan Losses, other	19,664	25,467
Mortgage Receivable
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	120,489	123,925
Allowance for Loan Losses	131,746	135,909
Mortgage Receivable | Acquired loans with deteriorated credit quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for Loan Losses, other	11,257	11,984
Other loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for Loan Losses, Individually evaluated for impairment	189	577
Allowance for Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	32,014	32,022
Allowance for Loan Losses	40,610	46,082
Other loans | Acquired loans with deteriorated credit quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance for Loan Losses, other	$ 8,407	$ 13,483

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