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Investment Securities Other Than Temporary Impairment Charges (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Investment [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment losses, investments, portion recognized in earnings, net, available-for-sale securities	$ 30us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities	$ 124us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities	$ 809us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities
Debt securities
Investment [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment losses, investments, portion recognized in earnings, net, available-for-sale securities	18us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember	97us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember	453us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
Equity securities - financial institution stocks
Investment [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment losses, investments, portion recognized in earnings, net, available-for-sale securities	12us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_FinancialInstitutionsStockPortfolioMember	27us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_FinancialInstitutionsStockPortfolioMember	356us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_FinancialInstitutionsStockPortfolioMember
Pooled trust preferred securities
Investment [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment losses, investments, portion recognized in earnings, net, available-for-sale securities	18us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember	97us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember	19us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_PooledTrustPreferredSecuritiesMember
Auction rate securities
Investment [Line Items]
Other than temporary impairment losses, investments, portion recognized in earnings, net, available-for-sale securities	$ 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	$ 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember	$ 434us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNetAvailableforsaleSecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = us-gaap_AuctionRateSecuritiesMember

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The amount of other than temporary impairment losses on investments in debt and equity securities categorized as Available-for-sale which have been recognized in earnings during the period. Such impairment losses consist of other than temporary impairments (OTTI) on equity securities, credit losses on investments in debt securities, and when the entity intends to sell an impaired debt security or it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the impaired debt security before recovery of its amortized cost basis.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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