Allowance for Loan Losses, Excluding PCI Loans, by Loan Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Beginning balance	$ 20,227	$ 24,077
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses charged to operations	1,100	1,793
Loans charged off	(1,578)	(2,216)
Recoveries credited to allowance	457	347
Net (charge-offs) recoveries	(1,121)	(1,869)
Ending balance	20,252	23,798
Allowance Excluding Purchased Credit Impaired
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Beginning balance	20,169	23,322
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses charged to operations	1,090	1,852
Loans charged off	(1,578)	(2,216)
Recoveries credited to allowance	457	347
Net (charge-offs) recoveries	(1,121)	(1,869)
Ending balance	20,138	23,305
Commercial Loans \| Allowance Excluding Purchased Credit Impaired
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Beginning balance	13,010	16,090
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses charged to operations	650	1,218
Loans charged off	(681)	(1,051)
Recoveries credited to allowance	75	82
Net (charge-offs) recoveries	(606)	(969)
Ending balance	13,054	16,339
Consumer Real Estate \| Allowance Excluding Purchased Credit Impaired
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Beginning balance	6,489	6,597
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses charged to operations	215	485
Loans charged off	(402)	(710)
Recoveries credited to allowance	144	21
Net (charge-offs) recoveries	(258)	(689)
Ending balance	6,446	6,393
Consumer and Other \| Allowance Excluding Purchased Credit Impaired
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Beginning balance	670	635
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses charged to operations	225	149
Loans charged off	(495)	(455)
Recoveries credited to allowance	238	244
Net (charge-offs) recoveries	(257)	(211)
Ending balance	$ 638	$ 573

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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Amount of recovery of loans and lease receivables which had previously been fully or partially written-off as bad debts.

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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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