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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of allowance to cover probable credit losses on loans and leases. Includes carryover of or adjustments to the allowance for loan losses in connection with business combinations. Excludes allowance for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Allowance for Loan Losses - Allowance for Loan Losses and Recorded Investment in Loans by Portfolio Segment (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Jul. 01, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Total ending allowance balance	$ 16,168	$ 16,421	$ 16,501	$ 16,160	$ 15,660	$ 15,992
Total ending loans balance	10,848			8,497
Allowance for Loan Losses [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance For Loan Losses, Individually evaluated for impairment	1,599			1,589
Allowance For Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	14,315			14,418
Total ending allowance balance	16,168			16,501
Allowance for Loan Losses [Member] \| Loans and Allowance Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance For Loan Losses, Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	254			494
Commercial [Member] \| Allowance for Loan Losses [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance For Loan Losses, Individually evaluated for impairment	1,599			1,589
Allowance For Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	6,989			5,827
Total ending allowance balance	8,842			7,910
Commercial [Member] \| Allowance for Loan Losses [Member] \| Loans and Allowance Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance For Loan Losses, Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	254			494
Real Estate [Member] \| Allowance for Loan Losses [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance For Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	2,297			2,508
Total ending allowance balance	2,297			2,508
Consumer [Member] \| Allowance for Loan Losses [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance For Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	4,014			4,951
Total ending allowance balance	4,014			4,951
Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans: Individually evaluated for impairment	10,848			11,055
Loans: Collectively evaluated for impairment	1,721,370			1,370,740
Total ending loans balance	1,733,947			1,382,386
Loans [Member] \| Loans and Allowance Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	1,729			591
Loans [Member] \| Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans: Individually evaluated for impairment	10,848			11,055
Loans: Collectively evaluated for impairment	787,245			664,251
Total ending loans balance	799,822			675,897
Loans [Member] \| Commercial [Member] \| Loans and Allowance Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	1,729			591
Loans [Member] \| Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans: Collectively evaluated for impairment	432,283			255,383
Total ending loans balance	432,283			255,383
Loans [Member] \| Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans: Collectively evaluated for impairment	362,388			321,470
Total ending loans balance	362,388			321,470
Mortgage Warehousing [Member] \| Allowance for Loan Losses [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Allowance For Loan Losses, Collectively evaluated for impairment	1,015			1,132
Total ending allowance balance	1,015			1,132
Mortgage Warehousing [Member] \| Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Loans: Collectively evaluated for impairment	139,454			129,636
Total ending loans balance	$ 139,454			$ 129,636