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Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax [Abstract]
Comprehensive income	$ 17,437	$ 19,568	$ 31,913	$ 46,618
Comprehensive income tax rate			35.00%

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Other comprehensive income loss available for sale securities tax rate.

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Amount after tax of increase (decrease) in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from net income and other comprehensive income, attributable to parent entity. Excludes changes in equity resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84228862&loc=d3e557-108580

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