Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting

12. Segment Reporting

The Company’s reportable operating segments consist of the Hancock segment, which coincides generally with the Company’s Hancock Bank subsidiary, and the Whitney segment, which coincides generally with its Whitney Bank subsidiary. Each of the bank segments offers commercial, consumer and mortgage loans and deposit services as well as certain other services, such as trust and treasury management services. Although the bank segments offer the same products and services, they are managed separately due to different pricing, product demand, and consumer markets. On March 15, 2012, Whitney Bank transferred the assets and liabilities of its operations in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi to Hancock Bank and retained its operations in Louisiana and Texas. In addition, the “Other” column includes activities of other consolidated subsidiaries which do not constitute reportable segments under the quantitative and aggregation accounting guidelines. These subsidiaries provide investment services, insurance agency services, insurance underwriting and various other services to third parties.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Hancock			Whitney			Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Interest income	$	62,813		$	117,799		$	5,867		$	(1,207	)	$	185,272
Interest expense		(4,943	)		(5,157	)		(2,249	)		1,092		$	(11,257	)
Net interest income		57,870			112,642			3,618			(115	)		174,015
Provision for loan losses		(5,422	)		(2,980	)		(1,176	)		—			(9,578	)
Noninterest income		18,411			30,794			10,995			(13	)		60,187
Depreciation and amortization		(3,698	)		(3,981	)		(282	)		—			(7,961	)
Other noninterest expense		(52,975	)		(86,863	)		(11,816	)		13			(151,641	)
Income before income taxes		14,186			49,612			1,339			(115	)		65,022
Income tax expense		2,690			12,943			813			—			16,446
Net income	$	11,496		$	36,669		$	526		$	(115	)	$	48,576
Goodwill	$	94,130		$	527,063		$	4,482		$	—		$	625,675
Total assets	$	6,380,941		$	12,696,705		$	2,884,581		$	(2,898,104	)	$	19,064,123
Total interest income from affiliates	$	992		$	215		$	—		$	(1,207	)	$	—
Total interest income from external customers	$	61,821		$	117,584		$	5,867		$	—		$	185,272

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Hancock			Whitney			Other			Eliminations			Consolidated
Interest income	$	53,243		$	133,749		$	5,000		$	(276	)	$	191,716
Interest expense		(6,540	)		(7,846	)		(1,203	)		161			(15,428	)
Net interest income		46,703			125,903			3,797			(115	)		176,288
Provision for loan losses		2,165			(13,641	)		1,461			—			(10,015	)
Noninterest income		18,816			33,691			8,989			(2	)		61,494
Depreciation and amortization		(3,287	)		(5,185	)		(223	)		—			(8,695	)
Other noninterest expense		(51,878	)		(134,113	)		(10,779	)		2			(196,768	)
Securitites transactions		4			1			7			—			12
Income before income taxes		12,523			6,656			3,252			(115	)		22,316
Income tax expense		535			1,515			1,771			—			3,821
Net income	$	11,988		$	5,141		$	1,481		$	(115	)	$	18,495
Goodwill	$	94,130		$	548,604		$	4,482		$	—		$	647,216
Total assets	$	6,331,361		$	12,751,548		$	2,683,298		$	(2,475,110	)	$	19,291,097
Total interest income from affiliates	$	908		$	—		$	—		$	(908	)	$	—
Total interest income from external customers	$	52,335		$	133,749		$	5,000		$	632		$	191,716