Securities - Carrying Value of Held-to-Maturity Investment Securities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Amortized cost	$ 823,717	$ 851,903
Net loss on date of transfer from available-for-sale	(13,347)	(13,347)
Accretion of net unrealized loss on securities reclassified as held-to-maturity	8,883	8,254
Carrying value	$ 819,253	$ 846,810

Unrealized holding gain (loss) related to transfers of securities into held-to-maturity classification and out of the available-for-sale classification.

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- Definition

Other comprehensive income reclassification of accretion of net unrealized losses to held to maturity securities.

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- Definition

Amount of investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118939692&loc=d3e27232-111563

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Amount, before other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) accretion, of investment in debt securities measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity).

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