SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                (Amendment No. 1)

                    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)


                                   May 3, 2005
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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

2     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) / /   (b) / /

      Inapplicable

3     SEC USE ONLY

4     SOURCE OF FUNDS

      OO

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

6     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

      United States


NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY REPORTING PERSON WITH

7     SOLE VOTING POWER

      20,244,444


8     SHARED VOTING POWER

      666,666


9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

      20,244,444


10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

      666,666


11    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

      20,911,110


12    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES /  /


13    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11



      60.7%

14    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

      IN



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

Explanatory Note
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      This  Amendment  No. 1 to  Schedule  13D is  being  filed  to  report  the
      acquisition  of  860,000  shares of Common  Stock of  Universal  Insurance
      Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") by Bradley I. Meier.

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.

      Mr. Meier  received  860,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company in lieu
of a portion  of his  salary as  President  and CEO of the  Company in a private
transaction  under  Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. The  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 20,911,110  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 60.7% 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 20,911,110 shares of Common Stock, Mr. Meier (i) has the sole power
to vote and the sole power to dispose of  20,244,444  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:  May 5, 2005



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