Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

(b) Effective April 27, 2009, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Audit Committtee") of United Insurance Holdings Corp. (the "Company") engaged McGladrey & Pullen LLP ("McGladrey") as the Company's independent public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2009.

During the years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, and during the period from the end of the most recently completed fiscal year through the date of McGladrey's engagement, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has consulted with McGladrey on any of the matters or event set forth in Item 304 (a)(2)(i) and (ii) of Regulation S-K.

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