Document & Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	May 09, 2018
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	43101
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		42,745,937
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2018