Document & Entity Information Document (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 06, 2013	Jun. 29, 2012
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Document type	10-K
Amendment flag	false
Document period end date	Dec. 31, 2012
Document fiscal period focus	FY
Document fiscal year focus	2012
Trading symbol	UIHC
Registrant name	United Insurance Holdings Corp.
Central index key	0001401521
Current fiscal year end date	--12-31
Filer category	Smaller Reporting Company
Common stock outstanding		16,198,839
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Public Float			$ 40,998,179