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Insurance Operations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |
Maximum dividend without prior approval is limited, Percent of statutory unassigned capital surplus | 10.00%
Maximum dividend paid by UPCIC and APPCIC | The maximum dividend that may be paid by UPCIC and APPCIC to their immediate parent company, Universal Insurance Holding Company of Florida ("UIHCF"), without prior approval is limited to the lesser of statutory net income from operations of the preceding calendar year or 10.0% of statutory unassigned surplus as of the preceding year end
UPCIC [Member] |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |
Statutory ordinary dividend capacity | $ 290,000
UPCIC and APPCIC [Member] |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |
Dividend paid to UIHCF | 0
Minimum capitalization rate | 10.00%
Statutory Accounting Practices, Statutory Capital and Surplus Required | $ 5,000,000
Minimum capital required | Greater of ten percent of the insurer's total liabilities or $5.0 million

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- Definition Amount of statutory capital required to be maintained as of the balance sheet date under prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 944 -SubTopic 505 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6486098&loc=d3e24708-158529 + Details
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