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Earnings Per Share (Details) (Stock options, USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Stock options
   
Antidilutive securities excluded from the calculation of earnings per share    
Average share price during the reporting period (in dollars per share) $ 11.89nwbi_AverageSharePriceDuringTheReportingPeriod
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$ 14.47nwbi_AverageSharePriceDuringTheReportingPeriod
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Options excluded from the calculation of earnings per share (in shares) 3,744,878us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
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Weighted average exercise price of option during the reporting period (in dollars per share) $ 12.43us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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