CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Total Shareholders' Equity Attributable to Federated National Holding Company Shareholders [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$ 0	$ 80	$ 51,356	$ 4,067	$ 10,402	$ 65,905	$ 0	$ 65,905
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012		7,979,488
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net income (loss)	0	$ 0	0	0	12,727	12,727	0	12,727
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	0	0	0	1,897	0	1,897	0	1,897
Dividends paid	0	0	0	0	(1,233)	(1,233)	0	(1,233)
Stock issued in public offering	0	$ 28	27,851	0	0	27,879	0	27,879
Stock issued in public offering (in shares)		2,781,395
Issuance of common stock for share-based awards	0	$ 1	857	0	0	858	0	858
Issuance of common stock for share-based awards (in shares)		140,833
Shares based compensation	0	$ 0	461	0	0	461	0	461
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	0	$ 109	80,525	5,964	21,896	108,494	0	108,494
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013		10,901,716
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net income (loss)	0	$ 0	0	0	37,199	37,199	0	37,199
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	0	0	0	1,754	0	1,754	0	1,754
Dividends paid	0	0	0	0	(1,672)	(1,672)	0	(1,672)
Stock issued in public offering	0	$ 23	43,086	0	0	43,109	0	43,109
Stock issued in public offering (in shares)		2,358,975
Issuance of common stock for share-based awards	0	$ 4	1,551	0	0	1,555	0	1,555
Issuance of common stock for share-based awards (in shares)		371,723
Shares based compensation	0	$ 0	2,140	0	0	2,140	0	2,140
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	0	$ 136	127,302	7,718	57,423	192,579	0	192,579
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		13,632,414
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net income (loss)	0	$ 0	0	0	40,885	40,885	(445)	40,440
Other comprehensive income, net of tax	0	0	0	(3,733)	0	(3,733)	(121)	(3,854)
Noncontrolling interest capital contributions	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,743	18,743
Dividends paid	0	0	0	0	(1,847)	(1,847)	0	(1,847)
Issuance of common stock for share-based awards	0	$ 2	169	0	0	171	0	171
Issuance of common stock for share-based awards (in shares)		166,359
Shares based compensation	0	$ 0	4,527	0	0	4,527	0	4,527
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 0	$ 138	$ 131,998	$ 3,985	$ 96,461	$ 232,582	$ 18,177	$ 250,759
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		13,798,773