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Stockholders Equity (Details Textuals) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Sep. 14, 2011
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Nov. 30, 2008
Jul. 23, 2013
Dec. 06, 2011
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]            
Preferred Stock, Dividend Payment Terms September 15, 2016          
Depositary Shares Issued 2,600,000asb_DepositarySharesIssued          
Rate On Depositary Shares Issued 8.00%asb_RateOnDepositarySharesIssued          
Liquidation Preference On Depositary Shares $ 1,000asb_LiquidationPreferenceOnDepositaryShares          
Depositary Share Per Share Value     $ 25asb_DepositarySharePerShareValue      
Depositary Shares Issued As Interest In Eight Percent Perpetual Preferred Stock On September 14, 2011, the Corporation issued 2,600,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Corporation’s 8.00% Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”).          
Stock Repurchased During Period, Value   $ 2,451,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue $ 1,626,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue      
Subsidiary Equity Balance   3,100,000,000asb_SubsidiaryEquityBalance        
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Common shares, par value   $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare      
Preferred Equity            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Stock Repurchase Program Authorized Amount         10,000,000asb_Stockrepurchaseprogramauthorizedamount1
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Treasury Stock Shares Acquired   88,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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58,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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Common Stock            
Class of Stock [Line Items]            
Stock Repurchase Program Authorized Amount   360,000,000asb_Stockrepurchaseprogramauthorizedamount1
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Treasury Stock Shares Acquired   14,300,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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7,700,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
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Treasury Stock Carrying Basis   259,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockCarryingBasis
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120,000,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockCarryingBasis
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Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount   76,000,000asb_Stockrepurchaseprogramremainingauthorizedrepurchaseamount1
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Treasury Stock Shares Retired   8,500,000us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesRetired
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Treasury Stock Acquired Average Cost Per Share   $ 18.12us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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$ 15.57us-gaap_TreasuryStockAcquiredAverageCostPerShare
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Warrants to Purchase shares of common stock       4,000,000us-gaap_StockAndWarrantsIssuedDuringPeriodValuePreferredStockAndWarrants
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Common shares, par value           $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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Exercise price of warrants       $ 19.77us-gaap_ClassOfWarrantOrRightExercisePriceOfWarrantsOrRights
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Repurchased shares for minimum tax withholding settlements   225,000us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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239,000us-gaap_SharesPaidForTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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Repurchased amount for minimum tax withholding settlement   $ 4,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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$ 3,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
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Minimum Tax Withholding Settlement Average Cost Per Share   $ 16.50asb_Minimumtaxwithholdingsettlementaveragecostpershare
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$ 14.00asb_Minimumtaxwithholdingsettlementaveragecostpershare
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