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Background Information
  Why Stewart?
 
Established in 1893, Stewart is a technology driven, strategically competitive, real estate information and transaction management company. Stewart provides title insurance and related services through more than 9,500 issuing locations in the United States and several international markets. With headquarters in Houston, Texas, Stewart is an expanding global company committed to delivering state-of-the-art real estate information services, software and solutions to its clients and shareholder value to its investors.
  History
 
  Company Overview
  Stewart Information Services Corporation
 
Stewart Information Services Corp. (NYSE-STC) is a technology-driven, strategically competitive, real estate information and transaction management company. Stewart provides title insurance and related services and delivers state-of-the-art real estate information services, software and solutions to its clients and shareholder value to its investors. Stewart is committed to growth, focusing on commercial services, agency acquisitions and international markets.
 
Stewart does business in more than 40 foreign countries and has offices in Latin America, Europe, Canada and Australia, as well as emerging markets where legally valid land entitlement systems are just beginning economic development
 
Stewart Information Services Corp. is the parent company of:
 

• Stewart Title Company
• Stewart Title Guaranty Company
• Stewart Mortgage Information
• Stewart Information International Inc.
REI Data Inc.
• Stewart Transaction Solutions
• Landata Technologies Inc.
• InterCity Companies aka Stewart Vacation Ownership
• Asset Preservation Inc.
• Stewart Water Information
• GlobeXplorer® LLC
  Stewart Services:
 
• Title insurance, escrow and closing services
• Real estate information
• Online transaction management
• Origination and post-production services to lenders
• Property ownership mapping
• Land record automation
• International title services
• Electronic mortgage documents
• e-Business solutions
• Satellite images and aerial photography
• Expertise in tax-deferred exchanges
Accolades
• Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index
• FORTUNE 1000, number 717 in 2005
• Included on the Russell 2000, 2500 and 3000 Value Indexes, and the Russell 2000, 2500 and 3000 Indexes
  Stewart Ratings:
  STEWART RATINGS and FINANCIAL STRENGTH
 
In January 2006, Stewart was named one of FORTUNE’s "America’s Most Admired Companies," ranked as number four on the "Mortgage Services" industry list. Stewart was the highest-ranking title insurance company on the list, receiving high marks for its use of corporate assets and financial soundness.
Stewart Title Guaranty Company is the primary underwriter for Stewart Information Services Corporation. Stewart Title Guaranty's 31 years of consecutive growth in reserves and surplus is unmatched in the title industry. Its outstanding financial performance has been recognized by the industry's foremost rating companies with the following impressive marks:
 
Demotech, Inc.
A
Fitch Ratings
A+
LACE Financial
A
   
   

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