Acquisitions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisitions	Acquisitions Sterner Insurance Associates On July 1, 2014, the Corporation and its insurance subsidiary, Univest Insurance, completed the acquisition of Sterner Insurance Associates, a full service firm providing insurance and consultative risk management solutions to individuals and businesses throughout the Lehigh Valley, Berks, Bucks and Montgomery counties. The Corporation paid $3.9 million in cash and assumed liabilities of $940 thousand at closing with additional contingent consideration to be paid in annual installments over the three-year period ending June 30, 2017, based on the achievement of certain levels of revenue growth and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). At the acquisition date, the Corporation recorded the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration of $635 thousand in other liabilities. The potential cash payments that could result from the contingent consideration arrangement range from $0 to a maximum of $5.7 million cumulative over the next three years. As a result of the Sterner Insurance acquisition, the Corporation recorded goodwill of $3.4 million (inclusive of the contingent consideration) and customer related intangibles of $1.6 million. The goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The customer related intangibles are being amortized over nine years using the sum-of-the-years-digits amortization method. Valley Green Bank On June 17, 2014, the Corporation, the Bank and Valley Green Bank entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger which provided for the merger of Valley Green Bank with and into the Bank in an all-stock transaction with an aggregate value of approximately $78.9 million . On January 1, 2015, the Corporation completed its acquisition of Valley Green Bank. See Note 26, "Subsequent Event" for additional information. The transaction qualifies as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes. The transaction is anticipated to be accretive to the Corporation’s earnings per share in the first combined year of operations. Headquartered in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Valley Green Bank had approximately $425 million in assets, $386 million in loans, and $385 million in deposits at December 31, 2014 and operated three full-service banking offices and two administrative offices for loan production in the greater Philadelphia marketplace. With the assumption of Valley Green Bank's three branches and two administrative offices for loan production in the Philadelphia marketplace, the Corporation entered a new small business and consumer market and expanded its existing lending network within southeastern Pennsylvania. Girard Partners On January 27, 2014, the Corporation completed the acquisition of Girard Partners, a registered investment advisory firm with more than $500 million in assets under management. The Corporation increased its assets under management to over $3.0 billion at the acquisition date and expanded its advisory capabilities. The Corporation paid $5.4 million in cash at closing with additional contingent consideration to be paid in annual installments over the five-year period ending December 31, 2018, based on the achievement of certain levels of EBITDA. As of the effective date of the acquisition, January 1, 2014, the Corporation recorded the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration of $5.5 million in other liabilities. The potential cash payments that could result from the contingent consideration arrangement range from $0 to a maximum of $14.5 million cumulative over the next 5 years. As a result of the Girard Partners acquisition, the Corporation recorded goodwill of $6.8 million (inclusive of the contingent consideration) and customer related intangibles of $4.3 million. The goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The customer related intangibles are being amortized over 9 years using the sum-of-the-years-digits amortization method.

Acquisitions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Sterner Insurance Associates

On July 1, 2014, the Corporation and its insurance subsidiary, Univest Insurance, completed the acquisition of Sterner Insurance Associates, a full service firm providing insurance and consultative risk management solutions to individuals and businesses throughout the Lehigh Valley, Berks, Bucks and Montgomery counties.

The Corporation paid $3.9 million in cash and assumed liabilities of $940 thousand at closing with additional contingent consideration to be paid in annual installments over the three-year period ending June 30, 2017, based on the achievement of certain levels of revenue growth and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). At the acquisition date, the Corporation recorded the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration of $635 thousand in other liabilities. The potential cash payments that could result from the contingent consideration arrangement range from $0 to a maximum of $5.7 million cumulative over the next three years. As a result of the Sterner Insurance acquisition, the Corporation recorded goodwill of $3.4 million (inclusive of the contingent consideration) and customer related intangibles of $1.6 million. The goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The customer related intangibles are being amortized over nine years using the sum-of-the-years-digits amortization method.

Valley Green Bank

On June 17, 2014, the Corporation, the Bank and Valley Green Bank entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger which provided for the merger of Valley Green Bank with and into the Bank in an all-stock transaction with an aggregate value of approximately $78.9 million . On January 1, 2015, the Corporation completed its acquisition of Valley Green Bank. See Note 26, "Subsequent Event" for additional information. The transaction qualifies as a tax-free reorganization for federal income tax purposes. The transaction is anticipated to be accretive to the Corporation’s earnings per share in the first combined year of operations.

Headquartered in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Valley Green Bank had approximately $425 million in assets, $386 million in loans, and $385 million in deposits at December 31, 2014 and operated three full-service banking offices and two administrative offices for loan production in the greater Philadelphia marketplace. With the assumption of Valley Green Bank's three branches and two administrative offices for loan production in the Philadelphia marketplace, the Corporation entered a new small business and consumer market and expanded its existing lending network within southeastern Pennsylvania.

Girard Partners

On January 27, 2014, the Corporation completed the acquisition of Girard Partners, a registered investment advisory firm with more than $500 million in assets under management. The Corporation increased its assets under management to over $3.0 billion at the acquisition date and expanded its advisory capabilities.

The Corporation paid $5.4 million in cash at closing with additional contingent consideration to be paid in annual installments over the five-year period ending December 31, 2018, based on the achievement of certain levels of EBITDA. As of the effective date of the acquisition, January 1, 2014, the Corporation recorded the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration of $5.5 million in other liabilities. The potential cash payments that could result from the contingent consideration arrangement range from $0 to a maximum of $14.5 million cumulative over the next 5 years. As a result of the Girard Partners acquisition, the Corporation recorded goodwill of $6.8 million (inclusive of the contingent consideration) and customer related intangibles of $4.3 million. The goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes. The customer related intangibles are being amortized over 9 years using the sum-of-the-years-digits amortization method.