Document & Entity Information Document - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Mar. 02, 2020	Feb. 28, 2020
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Public Float			$ 291,281,804
Document type	10-K
Amendment flag	false
Document period end date	Dec. 31, 2019
Document fiscal period focus	FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2019
Trading symbol	UIHC
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
Registrant name	United Insurance Holdings Corp.
Central index key	0001401521
Filer category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Common stock outstanding		43,027,622
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31