Insurance Operations - Capital Contributions Made by UVE (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Insurance [Abstract]
Capital Contributions	$ 0	$ 0	$ 2,000,000

The cash inflow from parent as a source of financing that is recorded as additional paid in capital.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3255-108585

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