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Insurance Commissions and Fees, Flood Program

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Percentage of Flood Premiums Ceded

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Reinsurance coverage, maximum provisional limit, aggregate value of proper value covered under contracts

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Reinsurance Coverage, Percentage Placed

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Floor of lossess before reinsurance coverage begins.

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Catastrophic Events Not Designated Hurricanes Or Tropical Storms, Duration Threshold For Insurance Coverage

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Coverage Percentage Hurricane Event

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Insurance Coverage, Number Of Insurance Layers

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Number Of New Agreements

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Number Of Private Reinsurers

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Reinsurance Retention Policy, Participation Rate

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The unexpired portion of premiums ceded on policies in force as of the balance sheet date.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 340

-Section 25

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Amount of recovery (expense) related to provision for policy benefits and costs incurred for policies assumed and ceded.

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Stated amount that is the upper retention limit per entity policy.

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Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention per company policy.

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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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Reinsurance (Details)			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Reinsurance (Details)	Jun. 01, 2015 USD ($) reinsurer layer Rate	Jan. 01, 2015 USD ($) agreement	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Statutory capital and surplus balance			$ 19,165,000		$ 19,165,000		$ 19,048,000
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention		$ 3,000,000
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy		$ 1,000,000
Prepaid reinsurance premiums			161,057,000		161,057,000		63,827,000
Cash recoveries under reinsurance agreements			116,000	$ 664,000	$ 927,000	$ 1,081,000
Number of new reinsurance agreements \| agreement		2
Duration for storms not designated hurricanes or tropical storms to qualify for coverage					168 hours
Flood premiums ceded (percentage)					100.00%
Insurance commissions and fees under Flood Program			241,000	$ 162,000	$ 482,000	$ 580,000
Minimum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
ISO catastrophe definition			25,000,000		25,000,000
Catastrophe
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention		$ 25,000,000
Prepaid reinsurance premiums	$ 161,400,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Statutory capital and surplus balance			$ 124,314,000		$ 124,314,000		$ 126,249,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Percentage of losses covered \| Rate	100.00%
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Maximum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention	$ 1,243,122,000
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	$ 25,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Florida
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Percentage of losses covered \| Rate	100.00%
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Florida \| Maximum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	$ 25,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| All Other Locations
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Percentage of losses covered \| Rate	100.00%
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| All Other Locations \| Maximum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	$ 5,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Windstorm
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention	20,000,000
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	5,000,000
Aggregate coverage for covered losses under reinsurance contract	40,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Windstorm \| Florida
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	25,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| First Catastrophic Event
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Concentration risk (percentage)					1.00%
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| First Catastrophic Event \| Maximum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention	1,173,122,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Second Catastrophic Event
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Concentration risk (percentage)					2.00%
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Second Catastrophic Event \| Maximum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention	1,243,122,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Second Catastrophic Event \| Windstorm \| Florida
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	10,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Second And Subsequent Catastrophic Events
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention	95,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Second And Subsequent Catastrophic Events \| Maximum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Amount of risk reinsured in excess of stated retention	1,243,122,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Third And Subsequent Catastrophic Events \| Windstorm \| Florida
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	5,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Aggregate coverage for covered losses under reinsurance contract	$ 284,061,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund \| Florida
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Reimbursement percentage	45.00%
Aggregate value of property covered under contracts	$ 631,247,000
Losses not covered prior to coverage beginning	$ 230,356,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Unaffiliated Private Reinsurers
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Number of private reinsurers \| reinsurer	35
Number of cascading insurance layers \| layer	6
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Unaffiliated Private Reinsurers \| Maximum
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Stated amount of upper retention limit per policy	$ 25,000,000
Aggregate coverage for covered losses under reinsurance contract	$ 585,000,000
United Property & Casualty Insurance Company \| Catastrophe \| Unaffiliated Private Reinsurers \| Florida
Reinsurance Retention Policy
Reimbursement percentage	45.00%
Aggregate coverage for covered losses under reinsurance contract	$ 284,061,000