Document & Entity Information Document	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	May 08, 2013
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document type	10-Q
Amendment flag	false
Document period end date	Mar. 31, 2013
Document fiscal period focus	Q1
Document fiscal year focus	2013
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