Debt Instrument, Liquidation Amount Per Share

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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The cash inflow associated with security instrument that either represents a creditor or an ownership relationship with the holder of the investment security with a maturity of beyond one year or normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes proceeds from (a) debt, (b) capital lease obligations, (c) mandatory redeemable capital securities, and (d) any combination of (a), (b), or (c).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-Subparagraph (a),(b)
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The cash outflow from the repayment of long-term borrowing where a lender is placed in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment (senior) in case of liquidation of the entity's assets or underlying collateral.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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Floating Rate Capital Debt - Narrative (Detail) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2021	Apr. 30, 1997	Jan. 31, 1997	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Liquidation amount per security (in usd per share)				$ 1,000
Repayments of subordinated debt	$ 278,800,000			$ 278,800,000	$ 0	$ 0
NTC Capital I Subordinated Debentures
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Floating rate capital securities, issued			$ 150,000,000
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate			0.52%
Liquidation amount per security (in usd per share)				$ 1,000
Repayments of subordinated debt	154,900,000
NTC Capital II Subordinated Debentures
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Floating rate capital securities, issued		$ 120,000,000
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate		0.59%
Liquidation amount per security (in usd per share)				$ 1,000
Repayments of subordinated debt	$ 123,900,000
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| NTC Capital I Subordinated Debentures
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate				0.605%
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| NTC Capital II Subordinated Debentures
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate				0.679%