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Statement of Comprehensive Income Statement (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]      
Income before income tax expense $ 339,894us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 263,191us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 189,799us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Total income tax expense 101,943us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 79,507us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 55,693us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income 237,951us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 183,684us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 134,106us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Changes in unrealized securities' holding gains/(losses), Pre-Tax 38,864us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax (130,947)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax (6,668)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax
Changes in unrealized securities' holding gains/(losses), Tax 13,602us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax (45,833)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax (2,334)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodTax
Changes in unrealized securities' holding gains/(losses), After-tax 25,262us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax (85,114)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax (4,334)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax
Changes in unrealized securities' holding gains/(losses) that result from securities being transferred into available-for-sale from held-to-maturity, Pre-Tax (2,157)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeReclassificationAdjustmentForHeldToMaturityTransferredToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesBeforeTax (2,187)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeReclassificationAdjustmentForHeldToMaturityTransferredToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesBeforeTax 13,059us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeReclassificationAdjustmentForHeldToMaturityTransferredToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesBeforeTax
Changes in unrealized securities' holding gains/(losses) that result from securities being transferred into available-for-sale from held-to-maturity, Tax (753)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeReclassificationAdjustmentForHeldToMaturityTransferredToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesTax (765)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeReclassificationAdjustmentForHeldToMaturityTransferredToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesTax 4,571us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeReclassificationAdjustmentForHeldToMaturityTransferredToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesTax
Changes in unrealized securities' holding gains/(losses) that result from securities being transferred into available-for-sale from held-to-maturity, After-tax (1,404)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTransfersFromHeldToMaturityToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesNetOfTax (1,422)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTransfersFromHeldToMaturityToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesNetOfTax 8,488us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTransfersFromHeldToMaturityToAvailableForSaleSecuritiesNetOfTax
Net losses/(gains) realized on sale of securities reclassified to noninterest income, Pre-Tax (166)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax 2,803us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax (3,786)us-gaap_ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodBeforeTax
Net losses/(gains) realized on sale of securities reclassified to noninterest income, Tax (58)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesTax 981us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesTax (1,325)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesTax
Net losses/(gains) realized on sale of securities reclassified to noninterest income, After-tax (108)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax 1,822us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax (2,461)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax
Net change in unrealized gains/(losses) on securities available for sale, Pre-Tax 36,541us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeTax (130,331)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeTax 2,605us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesAdjustmentBeforeTax
Net change in unrealized gains/(losses) on securities available for sale, Tax 12,791us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesTax (45,617)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesTax 912us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAvailableForSaleSecuritiesTax
Net change in unrealized gains/(losses) on securities available for sale, After-tax 23,750us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesChangeInNetUnrealizedHoldingGainLossNetOfTax (84,714)us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesChangeInNetUnrealizedHoldingGainLossNetOfTax 1,693us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesChangeInNetUnrealizedHoldingGainLossNetOfTax
Net gains/(losses) arising during the period, Pre-Tax (49,552)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax 47,939us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax (1,224)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodBeforeTax
Net gains/(losses) arising during the period, Tax (17,344)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodTax 16,779us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodTax (429)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodTax
Net gains/(losses) arising during the period, After-tax (32,208)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax 31,160us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax (795)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlansNetUnamortizedGainLossArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax
Amortization of actuarial gain, Pre-Tax 3,166fmer_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedbenefitplanamortizationofactuarialgainsbeforetax 4,437fmer_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedbenefitplanamortizationofactuarialgainsbeforetax 10,517fmer_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedbenefitplanamortizationofactuarialgainsbeforetax
Amortization of actuarial gain, Tax 1,108fmer_OthercomprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlanAmortizationofActuarialGainstax 1,553fmer_OthercomprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlanAmortizationofActuarialGainstax 3,681fmer_OthercomprehensiveIncomeDefinedBenefitPlanAmortizationofActuarialGainstax
Amortization of actuarial gain, After-tax 2,058fmer_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedbenefitplanamortizationofactuarialgainsaftertax 2,884fmer_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedbenefitplanamortizationofactuarialgainsaftertax 6,836fmer_OtherComprehensiveIncomeDefinedbenefitplanamortizationofactuarialgainsaftertax
Amortization of prior service cost reclassified to other noninterest expense, Pre-Tax 2,131us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditBeforeTax (1)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditBeforeTax (80)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditBeforeTax
Amortization of prior service cost reclassified to other noninterest expense, Tax 747us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditTax 0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditTax (28)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditTax
Amortization of prior service cost reclassified to other noninterest expense, After-tax 1,384us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditNetOfTax (1)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditNetOfTax (52)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossAmortizationAdjustmentFromAOCIPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansForNetPriorServiceCostCreditNetOfTax
Net change from defined benefit pension plans, Pre-Tax (44,255)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansAdjustmentBeforeTax 52,375us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansAdjustmentBeforeTax 9,213us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansAdjustmentBeforeTax
Net change from defined benefit pension plans, Tax (15,489)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansTax 18,332us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansTax 3,224us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansTax
Net change from defined benefit pension plans, After-tax (28,766)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansAdjustmentNetOfTax 34,043us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansAdjustmentNetOfTax 5,989us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossPensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitPlansAdjustmentNetOfTax
Total other comprehensive gains/(losses), Pre-Tax (7,714)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTax (77,956)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTax 11,818us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTax
Total other comprehensive gains/(losses), Tax (2,698)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax (27,285)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax 4,136us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTax
Total other comprehensive gains/(losses), After-tax (5,016)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax (50,671)us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax 7,682us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax
Comprehensive income, Pre-Tax 332,180us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTaxPortionAttributableToParent 185,235us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTaxPortionAttributableToParent 201,617us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeTaxPortionAttributableToParent
Comprehensive income, Tax 99,245us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTaxPortionAttributableToParent1 52,222us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTaxPortionAttributableToParent1 59,829us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTaxPortionAttributableToParent1
Comprehensive income, After-tax $ 232,935us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax $ 133,013us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax $ 141,788us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax