Document & Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	May 10, 2017
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
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, Shares, Outstanding		42,747,963