Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Operating Results And Total Assets Reportable Segments

The following tables present the results for Webster’s business segments and incorporate the allocation of the provision for loan and lease losses and income tax expense to each of Webster’s business segments for the periods presented:

	Year ended December 31, 2014
(In thousands)	Commercial Banking		Community Banking		Other		Segment Totals		Corporate and Reconciling			Consolidated Total
Net interest income (loss)	$	238,186	$	354,781	$	47,699	$	640,666	$	(12,225	)	$	628,441
Provision (benefit) for loan and lease losses	12,629		25,960		81		38,670		(1,420		)	37,250
Net interest income (loss) after provision for loan and lease losses	225,557		328,821		47,618		601,996		(10,805		)	591,191
Non-interest income	37,270		103,543		38,396		179,209		22,899			202,108
Non-interest expense	102,374		324,312		59,591		486,277		15,861			502,138
Income (loss) before income tax expense	160,453		108,052		26,423		294,928		(3,767		)	291,161
Income tax expense (benefit)	50,373		33,922		8,295		92,590		(1,181		)	91,409
Net income (loss)	$	110,080	$	74,130	$	18,128	$	202,338	$	(2,586	)	$	199,752

	Year ended December 31, 2013
(In thousands)	Commercial Banking		Community Banking		Other		Segment Totals		Corporate and Reconciling			Consolidated Total
Net interest income (loss)	$	217,582	$	347,395	$	40,992	$	605,969	$	(9,241	)	$	596,728
Provision (benefit) for loan and lease losses	18,581		19,973		93		38,647		(5,147		)	33,500
Net interest income (loss) after provision for loan and lease losses	199,001		327,422		40,899		567,322		(4,094		)	563,228
Non-interest income	30,797		116,182		32,926		179,905		11,145			191,050
Non-interest expense	99,801		337,795		49,745		487,341		10,718			498,059
Income (loss) before income tax expense	129,997		105,809		24,080		259,886		(3,667		)	256,219
Income tax expense (benefit)	38,900		31,662		7,205		77,767		(1,097		)	76,670
Net income (loss)	$	91,097	$	74,147	$	16,875	$	182,119	$	(2,570	)	$	179,549

	Year ended December 31, 2012
(In thousands)	Commercial Banking			Community Banking		Other			Segment Totals		Corporate and Reconciling		Consolidated Total
Net interest income	$	188,666		$	342,268	$	33,308		$	564,242	$	14,666	$	578,908
Provision (benefit) for loan and lease losses	(7,498		)	26,167		(680		)	17,989		3,511		21,500
Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses	196,164			316,101		33,988			546,253		11,155		557,408
Non-interest income	29,324			116,978		28,680			174,982		17,776		192,758
Non-interest expense	98,718			340,907		44,649			484,274		17,530		501,804
Income before income tax expense	126,770			92,172		18,019			236,961		11,401		248,362
Income tax expense	38,111			27,710		5,417			71,238		3,427		74,665
Net income	$	88,659		$	64,462	$	12,602		$	165,723	$	7,974	$	173,697

	Total Assets
(In thousands)	Commercial Banking		Community Banking		Other		Segment Totals		Corporate and Reconciling		Consolidated Total
At December 31, 2014	$	6,550,868	$	8,198,115	$	425,573	$	15,174,556	$	7,358,454	$	22,533,010
At December 31, 2013	5,682,129		7,809,343		365,863		13,857,335		6,995,664		20,852,999
At December 31, 2012	5,113,898		7,708,159		282,414		13,104,471		7,042,294		20,146,765