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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000891166-24-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UVE"
cik: "0000891166"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:49:17.161651+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Universal Insurance posts Q3 loss of $0.57 per share; direct premiums up 8% to $574M

## Summary
- Loss per common share of $0.57; adjusted loss per common share of $0.73.
- Direct premiums written of $574.4 million, up 8.0% from prior year quarter.
- Book value per share of $14.15, up 37.0% year-over-year; adjusted book value $15.76, up 12.6%.
- Returned $9.1M to shareholders: $4.4M share repurchases and $0.16 per share regular dividend.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000891166-24-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UVE
- cik: 0000891166
- company_name: UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891166/000089116624000091/0000891166-24-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/891166/000089116624000091/uve-20241024.htm

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