8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

	December 6, 2010
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

	Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	Delaware	001-33251	65-0231984
(State or other jurisdiction          of incorporation or organization)		(Commission file number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

	1110 W. Commercial Blvd. Suite 100, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:         (954) 958-1200       

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).

ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 6, 2010, the Board of Directors of Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. ("Universal") approved a three-year extension to the employment agreement of Bradley I. Meier, Universal’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  The amendment to Mr. Meier’s employment agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein, extends the term of Mr. Meier’s employment through December 31, 2013 on substantially the same terms as his earlier agreement.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

10.1           Addendum No. 10 to Meier Employment Agreement, dated December 6, 2010.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Date: December 7, 2010	/s/ George R. De Heer
	George R. De Heer
	Chief Financial Officer

EX-10.1

ADDENDUM NO. 10

This Addendum No. 10, effective as of December 6, 2010, by and between Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter the “Company”) and Bradley I. Meier (“Employee”), modifies and amends the existing employment agreement (“Agreement”) and adopts all prior Addenda thereto (“Prior Addenda”) between the Company and the Employee, and amends provisions of the Agreement and the Addenda only in respect of the matters set forth herein, and otherwise the Agreement and Prior Addenda remain in full force and effect as if this Addendum No. 10 had not been executed:

I.           In respect of “Article 2.” of the Agreement entitled “Term,” the “Expiration Date” defined therein is hereby modified and changed to December 31, 2013.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Addendum No. 10 has been signed and executed on December 7, 2010.

UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:	/s/ George R. De Heer
Name:	George R. De Heer
	Chief Financial Officer
	/s/ Bradley I. Meier
	BRADLEY I. MEIER – Employee