---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000891166-24-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UVE"
cik: "0000891166"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:59:06.535227+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Insurance Q1 EPS $1.14, direct premiums up 8.8% to $446.2M

## Summary
- Diluted GAAP EPS of $1.14; adjusted EPS of $1.07.
- Direct premiums written $446.2M, up 8.8% YoY.
- Book value per share $12.68, up 20% YoY; adjusted book value $15.34, up 13.5%.
- Annualized ROCE 38.1%, adjusted ROCE 29.4%.
- Total capital returned $8.9M: $4.1M in share repurchases and $0.16 regular dividend.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000891166-24-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UVE
- cik: 0000891166
- company_name: UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891166/000089116624000023/0000891166-24-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891166/000089116624000023/uve-20240425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000891166-24-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000891166-24-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000891166-24-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC. reported financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  - Period: the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 25, 2024, Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891166/000089116624000023/0000891166-24-000023-index.htm

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