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Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Investment
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Investment Security Gains (Losses), net $ 0.1us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesGainLoss [1] $ (4.0)us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesGainLoss [1]  
Net impairment losses recognized in earnings 0ntrs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesRecognizedInEarnings 3.9ntrs_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesRecognizedInEarnings  
Gross proceeds from sale of securities 102.0ntrs_ProceedsFromSalesOfInvestmentSecurities 199.7ntrs_ProceedsFromSalesOfInvestmentSecurities  
Gross realized securities gains 0.1ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentGains 0.3ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentGains  
Gross realized securities losses   0.4ntrs_GrossRealizedInvestmentLosses  
Number of securities in an unrealized loss position 391ntrs_NumberOfSecuritiesUnrealizedLossesPosition    
Total Fair Value 7,511.1ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue   10,410.8ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue
Total Unrealized Losses 49.2ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses   87.6ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
U.S. Government Sponsored Agency      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses 16.9ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Others | Community Reinvestment Act CRA      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses 19.0ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Auction Rate Securities      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses 1.1ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Corporate Debt      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses 10.3ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Percent of corporate debt portfolio 39.00%ntrs_PercentageOfCorporateDebtPortfolio
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Residential Mortgage-Backed      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Total Unrealized Losses $ 0.5ntrs_SecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAggregateLosses
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Number of securities in an unrealized loss position for more than 12 months 1ntrs_NumberOfSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionMoreThanTwelveMonths
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Other Asset-Backed | Floating Rate Securities      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Percentage of "other asset-backed" securities rated triple-A 100.00%ntrs_PercentageOfTotalSecuritiesRated
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Credit Rating AAA    
Other Asset-Backed | Floating Rate Securities | Upper Limit      
Schedule of Trading Securities and Other Trading Assets [Line Items]      
Average life 5 years    
[1] Changes in Other-Than-Temporary-Impairment (OTTI) Losses $ - $ (4.6 ) Noncredit-related OTTI Losses Recorded in/(Reclassified from) OCI - 0.7 Other Security Gains (Losses), net 0.1 (0.1 ) Investment Security Gains (Losses), net $ 0.1 $ (4.0 )