Loans And Allowance For Loan Losses (Loans, Net Of Unearned Income) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Total commercial	$ 3,076,731	$ 559,303
Total construction	1,371,351	652,857
Total real estate	3,241,037	1,413,287
Total municipal loans	498,418	471,597
Total residential mortgage loans	1,443,817	659,689
Total consumer loans	1,197,568	739,262
Loans, net	11,249,053	4,957,164
Construction [Member] \| Originated [Member]
Total construction	476,711	495,590
Construction [Member] \| Acquired [Member]
Total construction	741,151
Construction [Member] \| Covered [Member]
Total construction	153,489	157,267
Real Estate [Member] \| Originated [Member]
Total real estate	1,232,144	1,231,414
Real Estate [Member] \| Acquired [Member]
Total real estate	1,861,373
Real Estate [Member] \| Covered [Member]
Total real estate	147,520	181,873
Municipal Loans [Member] \| Originated [Member]
Total municipal loans	485,233	471,057
Municipal Loans [Member] \| Acquired [Member]
Total municipal loans	12,712
Municipal Loans [Member] \| Covered [Member]
Total municipal loans	473	540
Commercial Loan [Member]
Total commercial loans	8,233,519	3,147,765
Loans, net		2,760,793
Commercial Loan [Member] \| Originated [Member]
Total commercial	605,885	524,653
Total commercial loans	2,845,955	2,773,435
Commercial Loan [Member] \| Acquired [Member]
Total commercial	2,424,887
Total commercial loans	5,040,123
Commercial Loan [Member] \| Covered [Member]
Total commercial	45,959	34,650
Total commercial loans	347,441	374,330
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] \| Originated [Member]
Total residential mortgage loans	365,661	366,183
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] \| Acquired [Member]
Total residential mortgage loans	830,667
Residential Mortgage Loans [Member] \| Covered [Member]
Total residential mortgage loans	247,489	293,506
Direct Consumer [Member]
Loans, net		597,947
Direct Consumer [Member] \| Originated [Member]
Total consumer loans	597,593	597,947
Direct Consumer [Member] \| Acquired [Member]
Total consumer loans	447,096
Direct Consumer [Member] \| Covered [Member]
Total consumer loans	152,879	141,315
Indirect Consumer [Member]
Loans, net		309,454
Indirect Consumer [Member] \| Originated [Member]
Total consumer loans	278,261	309,454
Originated Loan [Member]
Loans, net	4,183,358	4,148,013
Acquired Loans [Member]
Loans, net	6,317,886
Covered Loans [Member]
Loans, net	747,809	809,151
Originated [Member]
Lease financing	45,982	50,721
Finance Company loans	$ 95,888	$ 100,994

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Loans Receivable From Municipal Loans

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