Securities Held-to-Maturity - Additional Information (Detail) - Securities	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Number of securities determined to be other than temporarily impaired	0	0

Number of securities determined to be other than temporarily impaired.

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