Regulatory Matters - Regulatory Capital Amounts and Ratios for Company and Bank (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Parent Company [Member]
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Amount	$ 1,391,771	$ 1,263,800
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Ratio	16.01%	14.13%
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 695,651	$ 715,283
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Amount	$ 1,314,152	$ 1,191,228
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Ratio	15.11%	13.32%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 521,738	$ 536,462
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, Actual, Amount	$ 1,289,152	$ 1,166,228
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, Actual, Ratio	14.83%	13.04%
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 391,304	$ 402,347
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), Actual, Amount	$ 1,314,152	$ 1,191,228
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), Actual, Ratio	12.33%	10.98%
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 426,497	$ 433,834
Bank [Member]
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Amount	$ 1,376,364	$ 1,253,219
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Ratio	15.83%	14.03%
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 695,471	$ 714,601
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Required To Be Well Capitalized, Amount	869,339	893,251
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Amount	$ 1,298,745	$ 1,180,647
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Actual, Ratio	14.94%	13.22%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 521,604	$ 535,951
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Required To Be Well Capitalized, Amount	695,471	714,601
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, Actual, Amount	$ 1,298,745	$ 1,180,647
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, Actual, Ratio	14.94%	13.22%
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 391,203	$ 401,963
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, To Be Well Capitalized under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions, Amount	565,070	580,613
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), Actual, Amount	$ 1,298,745	$ 1,180,647
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), Actual, Ratio	12.19%	10.90%
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Amount	$ 426,328	$ 433,403
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), Required To Be Well Capitalized, Amount	$ 532,909	$ 541,754
Minimum [Member] \| Parent Company [Member]
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	8.00%	8.00%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	6.00%	6.00%
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	4.50%	4.50%
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	4.00%	4.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Bank [Member]
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	8.00%	8.00%
Total Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Required To Be Well Capitalized, Ratio	10.00%	10.00%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	6.00%	6.00%
Tier 1 Capital (to Risk-Weighted Assets), Required To Be Well Capitalized, Ratio	8.00%	8.00%
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	4.50%	4.50%
Common equity Tier I capital ratio, To Be Well Capitalized under Prompt Corrective Action Provisions, Ratio	6.50%	6.50%
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), For Capital Adequacy Purposes, Ratio	4.00%	4.00%
Tier 1 Capital (to Average-Assets), Required To Be Well Capitalized, Ratio	5.00%	5.00%

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