Universal Insurance Holdings Files Registration Statement

Universal Insurance Holdings UVE announced today that it filed a Form S-8 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission under which its President and Chief Executive Officer, Bradley I. Meier, may from time to time sell up to 6,050,000 shares of common stock, and the Company may sell up to 2,400,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Immediately prior to filing the Form S-8 registration statement, the Company withdrew its Form S-8 registration statement filed on November 22, 2010 under which no shares of common stock were sold.