Fair Value Measurements Details of Book Value and Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, FinancialStatement Captions[Line Items]
Available for sale investment securities	$ 2,506,017	$ 2,559,227
Reported Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, FinancialStatement Captions[Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	93,844	118,763
Interest-bearing deposits with other banks	284,750	233,763
Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock	65,637	57,489
Loans held for sale	24,783	28,697
Available for sale investment securities	2,506,017	2,559,227
Net Loans	14,793,101	14,530,593
Accrued interest receivable	46,355	46,294
Other financial assets	206,555	206,132
Demand and savings deposits	12,371,970	12,259,622
Time deposits	2,718,374	2,753,242
Short-term borrowings	453,317	541,317
Accrued interest payable	12,506	9,632
Other financial liabilities	219,600	216,080
Federal Home Loan Bank advances and long-term debt	1,137,909	929,403
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, FinancialStatement Captions[Line Items]
Cash and due from banks	93,844	118,763
Interest-bearing deposits with other banks	284,750	233,763
Federal Reserve Bank and Federal Home Loan Bank stock	65,637	57,489
Loans held for sale	24,783	28,697
Available for sale investment securities	2,506,017	2,559,227
Net Loans	14,592,018	14,387,454
Accrued interest receivable	46,355	46,294
Other financial assets	206,555	206,132
Demand and savings deposits	12,371,970	12,259,622
Time deposits	2,735,944	2,769,757
Short-term borrowings	453,317	541,317
Accrued interest payable	12,506	9,632
Other financial liabilities	219,600	216,080
Federal Home Loan Bank advances and long-term debt	$ 1,132,282	$ 928,167

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Federal Home Loan Bank Advances And Debt Long Term, Fair Value Disclosre

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Interest-Rate Deposits with Other Banks, Fair Value Disclosure

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Interest Receivable, Fair Value Disclosure

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Other financial liabilities – Included within this category are: Level 1 employee deferred compensation liabilities which represent amounts due to employees under the deferred compensation plans, described under the heading “Other financial assets” above and Level 2 mortgage banking derivatives, described under the heading “Other financial assets” above.

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Time Deposit Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure

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Fair value portion of trade and related party payables and accrued expenses.

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Fair value portion of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Fair value portion of investments in Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) stock.

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Fair value portion of loans held-for-sale including, but not limited to, mortgage loans and finance receivables.

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Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts.

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Fair value portion of other assets.

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This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. This item represents the amount of short-term debt existing as of the balance sheet date.

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