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Insurance Operations - Beginning and Ending Balances and Changes in DPAC, Net of DRCC (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Insurance [Abstract]
DPAC, beginning of period	$ 54,603uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsGross	$ 54,099uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsGross
Capitalized Costs	28,567uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsCapitalizedCostsGross	26,782uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsCapitalizedCostsGross
Amortization of DPAC	(26,987)uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsAmortizationExpenseGross	(26,670)uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsAmortizationExpenseGross
DPAC, end of period	56,183uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsGross	54,211uve_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAndDeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsGross
DRCC, beginning of period	28,943uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsNet	38,200uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsNet
Ceding Commissions Written	17,661uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsCedingCommissionsWritten	21,880uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsCedingCommissionsWritten
Earned Ceding Commissions	(16,616)uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsEarnedCedingCommissions	(21,762)uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsEarnedCedingCommissions
DRCC, end of period	29,988uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsNet	38,318uve_DeferredReinsuranceCedingCommissionsNet
DPAC (DRCC), net, beginning of period	25,660us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	15,899us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts
Capitalized Costs, net	10,906us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions	4,902us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions
Amortization of DPAC (DRCC), net	(10,371)us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpense	(4,908)us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostAmortizationExpense
DPAC (DRCC), net, end of period	$ 26,195us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	$ 15,893us-gaap_DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts

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