Employer investment in qualified defined contribution plan.

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Age in which estimates of social security benefits received will be incorporated for purpose of determining pension benefits.

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- Definition

Number of Additional Qualified Pension Plans

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- Definition

Amount of actuarial present value of benefits attributed to service rendered by employee for defined benefit plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82843861&loc=d3e1928-114920

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Amount of contributions expected to be received by defined benefit plan from employer in next fiscal year following latest fiscal year.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (g)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82843861&loc=d3e1928-114920

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- Definition

Fair value of assets that have been segregated and restricted to provide pension or postretirement benefits. Assets include, but are not limited to, stocks, bonds, other investments, earnings from investments, and contributions by the employer and employees.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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- Definition

Maximum percentage of employee gross pay the employee may contribute to a defined contribution plan.

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- Definition

Amount of payment for pension benefits. Excludes other postretirement benefits.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 25
-Subparagraph (g)
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Pension, Savings, And Other Employee Benefits (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) pension_plan	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Estimated social security benefits age		65 years
Number of additional qualified pension plans \| pension_plan		2
Savings Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Employer investment in qualified defined contribution plan		100.00%
Maximum percent of employee pre-tax contributions that may be matched by the Company (percent)		6.00%
Non-Qualified Plans \| Pension and Postretirement Plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions to qualified plans			$ 5.4
Expected pension contribution		$ 5.7
Capital Bank Financial Corp
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Contributions to qualified plans	$ 5.1
Defined benefit plan, benefit obligation	18.7		18.7
Defined benefit plan, fair value of plan assets	$ 18.6		$ 18.6