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Insurance Operations - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2020 | Jun. 30, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
UPCIC [Member] |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |
Ordinary dividend capacity accordance with Florida Insurance Code |  |  | $ 12,100,000
Dividend paid to immediate parent company | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Statutory capital contribution |  |  | $ 30,000,000
APPCIC [Member] |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |
Dividend paid to immediate parent company | 0 | $ 0 |
UPCIC and APPCIC [Member] |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |
Minimum capitalization rate |  | 10.00% |
Minimum capital required |  | greater of ten percent of the insurer’s total liabilities or $10.0 million |
UPCIC and APPCIC [Member] | Minimum [Member] |  |  |
Statutory Accounting Practices [Line Items] |  |  |
Minimum capitalization amount | $ 10,000,000.0 | $ 10,000,000.0 |

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