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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>91359V107</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>1110 W. COMMERCIAL BLVD.</com:street1>
          <com:street2>SUITE 100</com:street2>
          <com:city>FORT LAUDERDALE</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>FL</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>33309</com:zipCode>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>DONALD SMITH &amp; CO., INC.</reportingPersonName>
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      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
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      <reportingPersonName>DSCO Value Fund, L.P.</reportingPersonName>
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      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
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        <issuerName>UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>1110 W. COMMERCIAL BLVD., SUITE 100, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33309</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>Donald Smith &amp; Co., Inc.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>152 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, NY 10019
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        <citizenship>A Delaware Corporation	</citizenship>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>1,149,374</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>4.10%	</classPercent>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>SOLE POWER TO VOTE:
		 Donald Smith &amp; Co., Inc. 	1,075,252
		 DSCO Value Fund, L.P.	10,682
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          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>SEE ITEM 6 </sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>SOLE POWER TO DISPOSE:
		 Donald Smith &amp; Co., Inc. 	1,138,692
		 DSCO Value Fund, L.P.	10,682
</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>SEE ITEM 6 </sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <classOwnership5PercentOrLess>Y</classOwnership5PercentOrLess>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <identificationAndClassificationOfGroupMembers>FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
	RULE 13d-1(f)(1)  EXHIBIT A:

Donald Smith &amp; Co., Inc.	IA
DSCO Value Fund, L.P. 	PN
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under &amp;#167; 240.14a-11.

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      <reportingPersonName>DONALD SMITH &amp; CO., INC.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Richard L. Greenberg</signature>
        <title>CEO and Co-CIO</title>
        <date>02/11/2026</date>
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      <reportingPersonName>DSCO Value Fund, L.P.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Richard L. Greenberg</signature>
        <title>CEO and Co-CIO</title>
        <date>02/11/2026</date>
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