Document & Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Aug. 06, 2015
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Document type	10-Q
Amendment flag	false
Document period end date	Jun. 30, 2015
Document fiscal period focus	Q2
Document fiscal year focus	2015
Trading symbol	UIHC
Registrant name	United Insurance Holdings Corp.
Central index key	0001401521
Current fiscal year end date	--12-31
Filer category	Accelerated Filer
Common stock outstanding		21,528,973