SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                               (Amendment No. __)

                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                       UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
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                                (Name of Issuer)


                          Common Stock, par value $0.01
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    91359V107
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                Bradley I. Meier
                       Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.
                        2875 N.E. 191st Street, Suite 300
                                 Miami, FL 33180
                               Tel: (305) 792-4200
                               Fax: (305) 792-4206
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                December 31, 2004
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                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule  because of Rule 13d-1(e),  Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule  13d-1(g),  check the
following box / /.

                         (Continued on following pages)



1          NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
           S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

           Bradley I. Meier
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2          CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP  (a) / /     (b) / /
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           Inapplicable
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3          SEC USE ONLY
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4          SOURCE OF FUNDS

           OO
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5          CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
           ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e): /  /

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6          CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

           United States
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NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON WITH

7        SOLE VOTING POWER

         19,384,444

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8        SHARED VOTING POWER

         666,666
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9        SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

         19,384,444
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10       SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

         666,666
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11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

         20,051,110
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12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES / /

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13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11

         58.3%
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14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

         IN
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                         RELATING TO THE COMMON STOCK OF
                       UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     This Schedule 13D is being filed to report the ownership by Mr.  Bradley I.
     Meier of shares  aggregating over 20% of the issued and outstanding  Common
     Stock of Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the "Company").

ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER.

     Common  Stock,  par value $0.01 of Universal  Insurance  Holdings,  Inc., a
     Delaware corporation

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

     (a) Name: Bradley I. Meier

     (b) Business Address:  c/o Universal  Insurance  Holdings,  Inc., 2875 N.E.
         191st Street, Suite 300, Miami, FL 33180

     (c) Principal   Occupation:   President  and  CEO  of  Universal  Insurance
         Holdings, Inc.

     (d) During  the last five  years,  Mr.  Meier has not been  convicted  in a
         criminal proceeding.

     (e) During the last five years,  Mr.  Meier has not been a party to a civil
         proceeding   of  a  judicial  or   administrative   body  of  competent
         jurisdiction  and as a result  of such  proceeding  been  subject  to a
         judgment,  decree or final order  enjoining  future  violations  of, or
         prohibiting  or  mandating  activities  subject  to,  federal  or state
         securities law or finding any violation with respect to such law.

     (f) Citizenship: United States

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

     During the past two fiscal  years,  in four separate  private  transactions
under   Regulation  D  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  Mr.  Meier  received
approximately  6,531,861  shares of  Common  Stock of the  Company  in lieu of a
portion of his salary as President and CEO of the Company. Each such transaction
was approved by the Company's Board of Directors.

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF THE TRANSACTION.

     See Item 3 above.

     Mr. Meier does not presently  have any plan or proposal which relates to or
would result in any of the  following:  the  acquisition  or  disposition by any
person of  additional  securities  of the  issuer;  an  extraordinary  corporate
transaction  involving the issuer or its  subsidiaries;  a sale or transfer of a
material amount of the issuer's or its subsidiaries'  assets;  any change in the
present board of directors or management of the issuer;  any material  change in
the present  capitalization or dividend policy of the issuer; any other material
change in the issuer's corporate structure; any changes to the issuer's charter,
bylaws or instruments  corresponding thereto which may impede the acquisition of
control  by any  person;  causing  a class of  securities  of the  issuer  to be
delisted  from a national  securities  exchange or cease to be  authorized to be
quoted in an inter-dealer  quotation system of a registered  national securities
association; or a class of equity securities of the issuer becoming eligible for
termination  of  registration  pursuant to Section  12(g)(4)  of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.




ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

     Mr. Meier  beneficially  owns an aggregate of  20,051,110  shares of Common
Stock of Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (which includes options and warrants
to  purchase  4,720,940  shares  of  Common  Stock  exerciseable  within 60 days
hereof), which represents 58.3% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Company.   The  percentage  is  based  on  34,408,775  shares  of  Common  Stock
outstanding on December 31, 2004.

     Of the 20,051,110  shares of Common Stock, Mr. Meier (i) has the sole power
to vote and the sole power to dispose of  19,384,444  shares of Common Stock and
(ii) shares voting and dispositive power with his siblings, Eric Meier and Linda
Meier,  with respect to an aggregate of 666,666  shares of Common  Stock,  which
shares are owned by Eric Meier and Linda Meier and for which Bradley Meier has a
proxy to vote.

     Information regarding Eric Meier and Linda Meier is set forth below:

     Name: Eric Meier and Linda Meier

     Business Address:  c/o Universal Insurance Holdings,  Inc., 2875 N.E. 191st
     Street, Suite 300, Miami, FL 33180

     Principal  Occupation:  Eric  Meier -  insurance  adjuster;  Linda  Meier -
     student

     During the last five  years,  neither  Eric Meier nor Linda  Meier has been
     convicted in a criminal proceeding.

     During the last five years,  neither  Eric Meier nor Linda Meier has been a
     party  to a  civil  proceeding  of a  judicial  or  administrative  body of
     competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding been subject to a
     judgment,  decree  or  final  order  enjoining  future  violations  of,  or
     prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities
     law or finding any violation with respect to such law.

     Citizenship: United States

     Neither  Brad  Meier,   Eric  Meier,  nor  Linda  Meier  has  effected  any
transactions in shares of the Company's Common Stock during the past sixty days.

ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO
SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

     Mr.  Meier holds  options to purchase  4,720,940  shares of Company  Common
Stock.  Such  options  are fully  vested  and there are no  restrictions  on Mr.
Meier's ability to exercise the options.


ITEM 7.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

         None.




                                    SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

DATED:  February 10, 2005



                                          By:  /s/ Bradley I. Meier
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                                          Name: Bradley I. Meier