Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans And Leases Receivable Allowance, Covered	$ 24,000,000		$ 22,600,000
Provision for Loan Losses, Covered	$ 54,000	$ 4,800,000

Amount of loan loss provisions charged to earnings from the date of the transfer of the loan for loans not accounted for as debt securities and acquired in an FDIC acquision transaction of coverage, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that was acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable

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