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Insurance Operations - Statutory Capital and Surplus, and an Amount Representing Ten Percent of Total Liabilities for both UPCIC and APPCIC (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
UPCIC [Member]
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Ten percent of total liabilities	$ 47,443uve_StatutoryAccountingPracticesTenPercentOfStatutoryLiabilitiesBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_UniversalPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember	$ 42,659uve_StatutoryAccountingPracticesTenPercentOfStatutoryLiabilitiesBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_UniversalPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember
Statutory capital and surplus	215,270us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_UniversalPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember	200,173us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_UniversalPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember
APPCIC [Member]
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items]
Ten percent of total liabilities	604uve_StatutoryAccountingPracticesTenPercentOfStatutoryLiabilitiesBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_AmericanPlatinumPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember	514uve_StatutoryAccountingPracticesTenPercentOfStatutoryLiabilitiesBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_AmericanPlatinumPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember
Statutory capital and surplus	$ 14,003us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_AmericanPlatinumPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember	$ 14,036us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesStatutoryCapitalAndSurplusBalance / us-gaap_StatutoryAccountingPracticesByJurisdictionAxis = uve_AmericanPlatinumPropertyAndCasualtyInsuranceCompanyMember

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The amount of statutory capital and surplus (stockholders' equity) as of the balance sheet date using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.23(c))

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 505

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6486098&loc=d3e24708-158529



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 24

-Subparagraph c

-Article 7

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The ten percent of statutory liabilities as of the balance sheet date using prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (rather than GAAP, if different) of the state or country.

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