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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Textual (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Apr. 12, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill	$ 926,648			$ 845,687
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Core deposit premiums	$ 101,149			91,334
Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	10 years
Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	15 years
Core Deposit Premium
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Core deposit premiums	$ 90,416			$ 79,807
Core Deposit Premium \| Minimum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	10 years
Core Deposit Premium \| Maximum
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Useful life	15 years
Reliance Bancshares, Inc.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill		$ 81,000	$ 80,961
Reliance Bancshares, Inc. \| Core Deposit Premium
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Core deposit premiums	$ 18,400