Stewart Information Services Corporation is furnishing this proxy statement to our stockholders in connection with the solicitation by our board of directors of proxies for the annual meeting of stockholders we are holding on Friday, April 29, 2011,27, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., in the First Floor Conference Room of Three Post Oak Central, 1990 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056, or for any adjournment of that meeting. For directions to the annual meeting, please contact Ted C. Jones in Investor Relations at(713) 625-8014.

Proxies in the form enclosed, properly executed by stockholders and received in time for the meeting, will be voted as specified therein. Unless you specify otherwise, the shares represented by your proxy will be votedfor the board of directors’ nominees listed therein,for the approval of the advisory resolution regarding the compensation of Stewart Information Services Corporation’s named executive officers,for an advisory vote on the compensation of Stewart Information Services Corporation’s named executive officers every three years, andfor the ratification of KPMG LLP as Stewart Information Services Corporation’s independent auditors for 2011.2012. If after sending in your proxy you wish to vote in person, you may revoke theor change your proxy at any time before it is exercised by delivering written notice to usin the form of a timely, later-dated proxy (i) in care of our Corporate Secretary, Stewart Information Services Corporation, 1980 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77056, or (ii) in person at or prior to the meeting. Please note that stockholders who hold their shares in our 401(k) plan must provide their voting instructions no later than 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, two days prior to the meeting. We are mailing this proxy statement on or about March 23, 2011,2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2011.

The holders of our Common Stock, whom we refer to as our Common Stockholders, voting as a class, are entitled to elect five of our nine directors. Each Common Stockholder is entitled either to cast one vote per share for each of those five directors, or to vote cumulatively by casting five votes per share, which may be distributed in any manner among any number of the nominees for director. The enclosed form of proxy allows you to vote for all of the nominees listed therein, to withhold authority to vote for one or more of such nominees, or to withhold authority to vote for all of such nominees. If you withhold authority to vote for four or fewer of the nominees, and if there are nominees other than management nomineesthose nominated by the board of directors for the director positions to be elected by the Common Stockholders as listed in this proxy statement, then the persons named in the enclosed proxy may vote cumulatively by dividing the number of votes represented by the proxy equally among the nominees for whom you did not withhold authority to vote. If there are no nominees other than management nomineesthose nominated by the board of directors for the five positions to be elected by the Common Stockholders, the persons named in the enclosed proxy intend to allocate the votes represented by the proxy evenly among the management nominees chosen by the board of directors as listed in this proxy statement. If there are any additional nominees for such positions, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote cumulatively to elect as many as possible of the management nominees.nominees chosen by the board of directors. If it is not possible to elect each of the five management nominees chosen by the board of directors, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will have discretion as to how they allocate the votes among the management nominees.

Our Class B Stockholders, voting as a class, are entitled to elect the remaining four of our nine directors. Each Class B Stockholder has the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for those four directors for whose election he has a right to vote.

Our Common Stockholders and Class B Stockholders will vote together as a single class with respect to the approval of the advisory resolution regarding the compensation of our named executive officers. Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of the majority of votes castthe shares voted at the meeting. Brokers do not have discretionary authority to vote shares on the proposal without direction from the beneficial owner. Broker non-votes will not be counted. Abstentions, which will be counted as votesshares present for purposes of determining a quorum, will not be considered in determining the results of the voting for this proposal. Your shares will be voted as you specify on your proxy. If your properly executed proxy does not specify how you want your shares voted, the shares represented by your proxy will be voted “FOR” the approval of this proposal.

Our Common Stockholders and Class B Stockholders will vote together as a single class with respect to the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent auditors for 2012. The ratification of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares voted at the meeting. Under New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules, the approval of our independent auditors is considered a routine matter, which means that brokerage firms may vote in their discretion on this proposal if the beneficial owners do not provide the brokerage firms with voting instructions. Abstentions, which will be counted as shares present for purposes of determining a quorum, will not be considered in determining the results of the voting for this proposal. Your shares will be voted as you specify on your proxy. If your properly executed proxy does not specify how you want your shares voted, we will vote them “FOR” the approval of the proposal.

Except as otherwise specifically noted, the “Company,” “SISCO,” “we,” “our,” “us,” and similar words in this proxy statement refer to Stewart Information Services Corporation.

The following table sets forth information as of March 1, 20112012 with respect to persons we believe to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of either class of our voting shares:

The following table sets forth information as of March 1, 20112012 with respect to each class of our capital stock beneficially owned by our named executive officers, directors and nominees for director, and by all our executive officers, directors and nominees for director as a group:

The mailing address of each director and executive officer shown in the table above isc/o Stewart Information Services Corporation, 1980 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77056.

Each of our directors and certain officers are required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, by a specified date, his or her transactions related to Common Stock or Class B Stock. Based solely on a review of the copies of reports furnished to us or written representations that no other reports were required, we believe that all filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater-than 10% beneficial owners were met during the 2010 fiscal year, except for an award of 10 shares to Brian Glaze on November 2, 2010, which was reported on Form 4 on February 22, 2011, and a charitable gift of 125,000 shares by Stewart Morris on January 6, 2010, which was reported on Form 4 on March 9, 2011.

At our annual meeting, our stockholders will elect nine directors, constituting the entire board of directors. Our Common Stockholders are entitled to elect five directors, and our Class B Stockholders are entitled to elect four directors.

The following persons have been nominated by the board of directors to be elected as directors by our Common Stockholders. The persons named in your proxy intend to vote the proxy for the election of each of these nominees, unless you specify otherwise. Although we do not believe that any of these nominees will become unavailable, if one or more should become unavailable before the meeting, your proxy will be voted for another nominee, or other nominees, selected by our board of directors.

Each of the five nominees for election by our Common Stockholders was elected by the Common Stockholders at our 20102011 annual meeting of stockholders.

Dr. Hodoserves as Chairman of the board of directors. Dr. Hodo served as President of Houston Baptist University for more than 19 years and became President Emeritus of the University in 2006. Dr. Hodo served on the board of directors of U.S. Global Investors, a public mutual fund, from 1981 to 2006, including holding the positions of Chairman of the Audit Committee from 1991 to 2004 and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1999 to 2004. He served on the board of directors of Southern National Bank of Sugar Land, Texas, from 1995 to 2000, and was a member of their Audit Committee during that tenure. Dr. Hodo also served on the board of directors of Security Bank of Amory, Mississippi, from 1994 to 2003 and on their Audit and Long-Range Planning Committees.

Ms. Allenserves as Chairman of the Technology Advisory Committee. Ms. Allen is currently serving as Chairman and CEO of The Santa Fe Group, a strategic consulting company that serves the financial sector in the areas of payments, fraud, information security and regulatory reform. Until 2007, Ms. Allen served as founding CEO of BITS, a consortium of the 100 largest financial services companies in the United States, which led the industry in developing best practices and strategies for the industry in fraud prevention, cybersecurity, business continuity, anti-terrorism, payments ande-commerce. Ms. Allen is a director of El Paso Electric Company, serving on its compensation, external affairsCompensation, External Affairs and energy resourcesEnergy and environmental oversight committees.

Dr. HodoMs. Mooreserves as Chairman of our audit committee. Dr. Hodo served as President of Houston Baptist University for more than nineteen years and became President Emeritus of the University in 2006. Dr. Hodo served on the board of directors of U.S. Global Investors, a public mutual fund, from 1981 to 2006, including holding the positions of Chairman of the audit committee from 1991 to 2004 and Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1999 to 2004. He served on the board of directors of Southern National Bank of Sugar Land, Texas, from 1995 to 2000, and was a member of their audit committee during that tenure. Dr. Hodo also served on the board of directors of Security Bank of Amory, Mississippi, from 1994 to 2003 and on their audit and long-range planning committees.

Dr. Porterserves as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Dr. Porter is currently Associate Dean, College of Natural Science, at The University of Texas at Austin, Research Professor, Acting Director and Department Chair of the University of Texas Marine Science Institute, and a Professor Emeritus of the University of Oklahoma. Prior to his retirement from the University of Oklahoma, he served as University Professor and Regents Chair of Engineering at that university. From 1998 to 2006 he served as University Vice President for Technology Development and also served as Dean of the College of Engineering from 1998 to 2005. Prior to those appointments, he had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Houston

The following persons have been nominated as directors to be elected by our Class B Stockholders. The persons named in the Class B Stockholders’ proxies intend to vote the proxies for the election of the nominees named below, unless otherwise specified. Although we do not believe that any of these nominees will become unavailable, if one or more should become unavailable before the meeting, proxies will be voted for another nominee, or other nominees, selected by our board of directors.

We are managed by a board of directors comprised of nine members, five of whom are elected by our Common Stockholders and four of whom are elected by our Class B Stockholders. A majority of the members of the board of directors are “independent” within the meaning of the listing standards of the NYSE. These directors are: E. Douglas Hodo, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Catherine A. Allen, Thomas G. Apel, Robert L. Clarke, E. Douglas Hodo, Laurie C. Moore and W. Arthur Porter. The board of directors has determined that none of these directors has any material relationship with us or our management that would impair the independence of their judgment in carrying out their responsibilities to us. In making this determination, the board of directors considers any transaction, or series of similar transactions, or any currently proposed transaction, or series of similar transactions, between us or any of our subsidiaries and a director to be material if the amount involved exceeds $120,000, exclusive of directors’ fees, in any of our last three fiscal years.

The Chairman of the board of directors is elected by the board following the annual meeting of stockholders. Our Class B Stockholders are entitled to nominate the person to serve as Chairman of the board of directors. Malcolm S. Morris has served as our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Chief Executive Officer since 2000.from 2000 until November 2011, when he became Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Stewart Morris, Jr. has served as our President and Co-Chief Executive Officer since 2000.from 2000 until November 2011, when he became Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. As discussed below, Malcolm S. Morris and Stewart Morris, Jr. serve as two of the members of our five-member Executive Committee, which may exercise all of the powers of the board of directors, except those specifically reserved to the board of directors by resolution of the board or applicable law. The Chairman of our Audit Committee, currently Dr. E. Douglas Hodo currently serves as our presiding director.Chairman of the Board of Directors. As discussed below, Dr. Hodo also presides over the regular and any special meetings of our non-management directors. Our non-management directors meet prior to each regularly scheduled board meeting. In light of the Company’s long history as a family-managed business, the extensive experience of Malcolm S. Morris in the Company’s business, including his involvement in theday-to-day operations of the Company and implementation of its long-term strategy, and the balance provided by our appointment of Co-Chief Executive Officers and our use of an Executive Committee and a presiding director, we believe that our current leadership structure, including combining the roles of chief executive officer and chairman, is the best way to ensure the long-term success of the Company.

All of our directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders and hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholderselection or until their respective successors are dulyhis or her successor shall be elected and qualified. All of our officers hold office until the regular meeting of directors following the annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.shall qualify. Any action by the board of directors requires the affirmative vote of at least six members.

All of our officers shall be elected annually by the board of directors and hold office until his or her successor shall be chosen and shall be qualified, or until his or her death or the effective date of his or her resignation or removal for cause.

During 2010,2011, the board of directors held four regular meetings, one special meeting, one retreat, and executed twothree consents in lieu of meetings. Each director attended each of such meetings, except that at one of such regular meetings only eight of the nine directors were in attendance, and at the special meeting only six of the nine directors were in attendance. The board of directors has an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Technology Advisory Committee. See “Committees of the Board of Directors” below.

The board of directors has adopted theStewartCode of Business Conduct and Ethics, Guidelines on Corporate GovernanceandCode of Ethics for Chief Executive Officers, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, each of which is available on our website atwww.stewart.com/investor-relations/corporate-compliance and in print to any stockholder who requests it. We intend to disclose any amendment to, or waiver under, ourCode of Ethics for Chief Executive Officers, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officerby posting such information on our website. OurGuidelines on Corporate Governance and the charters of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee require an annual self-evaluation of the performance of the board of directors and of such committees, including the adequacy of such guidelines and charters. The charters of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee are available on our website atwww.stewart.com/investor-relations/corporate-compliance and in print to any stockholder who requests them.

OurGuidelines on Corporate Governance strongly encourageencourages attendance in person by our directors in person at our annual meetings of stockholders. All of our directors except one attended our 20102011 annual meeting of stockholders.

Each of our directors is an individual of high character and integrity, with an inquiring mind, and works well with other members of the board of directors and our management team. WeWhile we recognize that several directors had withhold votes cast last year, upon conversations with our shareholders, we concluded that the withhold votes were tied more to pay equity and performance than specific director qualifications. Based upon the responsiveness of the board in responding to shareholder concerns, we believe that the combined experience, qualifications, attributes and skills of our directors provide the Company with excellent leadership, especially in these challenging times. Each director nominee brings a unique background and set of skills to the board, giving the board of directors as a whole competence and experience in a wide variety of areas, including insurance, real estate, technology, strategic planning, corporate governance, executive management, academic, accounting, finance, government and international business. The following is a discussion of the particular experience, qualifications, attributes and skills of each of our director nominees that are considered important by the board.

Thomas G. Apel. Mr. Apel has significant knowledge of and experience in the mortgage industry. Mr. Apel also has extensive experience in technology and start-up businesses.

Robert L. Clarke. Mr. Clarke has extensive experience in business, government, banking, and legal and regulatory matters.

Paul W. Hobby. Mr. Hobby has extensive experience in private equity and mergers and acquisitions, as well as significant experience in public affairs.

Dr. E. Douglas Hodo. Dr. Hodo has extensive experience in administration and finance matters. He has a Ph.D. in economics and finance with over 30 years’ experience in financial risk assessment and analysis as both a consultant and professor.

Laurie C. Moore. Ms. Moore has a broad understanding of the real estate business developed during a more than30-year career in the industry. She brings to the board strategic marketing skills, honed as an industry researcher and consultant to top management, and has experience as a founder and top executive of three successful businesses serving the residential brokerage industry. As Executive Director of two residential brokerage CEO groups, she gained functional financial experience, including more than 10 years supervising and coordinating preparation of combined financial summaries for 12 major firms in the real estate industry for CEO peer review. Ms. Moore is invaluable in assessing the subject matter expertise, knowledge, background and experience of potential director nominees.

Stewart Morris, Jr.Stewart Morris, Jr. has over 40 years of experience in the title insurance industry and has intimate knowledge of the Company. Stewart Morris, Jr. is also an expert in real estate information technology,

including technologies related to productivity,e-commerce and settlement services.

The board of directors has ultimate responsibility for protecting stockholder value. Among other things, the board of directors is responsible for understanding the risks to which we are exposed, approving management’s strategy to manage these risks, and monitoring and measuring management’s performance in implementing the strategy. The board of directors works with its committees and management to effectively implement its risk oversight role.

In addition to the directors elected by our Common Stockholders and Class B Stockholders, from time to time our board of directors appoints advisory directorsdirectors. These individuals are selected based on their potential as future candidates for our board of directors. This gives potential director candidates the opportunity to supplementlearn firsthand about the experienceCompany and expertiseprovides a bench of ourcandidates who have gone through the learning curve regarding the Company, its products, policies and business practices. If elected, they are ready to fully engage as directors. Our advisory directors receive notice of and regularly attend meetings of our board of directors and committees on which they serve as non-voting members. They provide valuable insights and advice to us and participate fully in all deliberations of our board of directorsinformation, but are not included in quorum and voting determinations. Advisory directors receive the same compensation for their services as our elected directors receive.

The board of directors of the Company has the following committees: Executive, Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance, Compensation and Technology Advisory.

Executive Committee. The Executive Committee may exercise all of the powers of the board of directors, except those specifically reserved to the board of directors by law or resolution of the board of directors. The Executive Committee currently consists of Thomas G. Apel (Chair), Robert L. Clarke, Paul W. Hobby, Malcolm S. Morris and Stewart Morris, Jr. and Paul W. Hobby serve as the members of the Executive Committee. Stewart Morris, as an advisory director, is also a member of the Executive Committee. During 2010,2011, the Executive Committee held three meetings, at which all members were present, and executed 26nine consents in lieu of meetings.

Audit Committee. It is the Audit Committee’s duty to assist the board of directors in monitoring (i) the integrity of the financial statements of the Company, (ii) the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence, (iii) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function, which has been outsourced to Deloitte & Touche LLP, and independent auditors, and (iv) the compliance by the Company with legal and regulatory requirements. The Audit Committee has sole authority to appoint or replace our independent auditors. The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by our board of directors, a copy of which is available on our website atwww.stewart.com/investor-relations/corporate-compliance.corporate-compliance. The Audit Committee is comprisedcurrently consists of Dr. E. Douglas HodoRobert L. Clarke (Chair), Thomas G. Apel, Robert L. ClarkeDr. E. Douglas Hodo and Laurie C. Moore. During 2010,2011, the Audit Committee held eight regular meetings and two special meetings, at which all members were present.present except that at one of such regular meetings only three of the four directors were in attendance, and at one of such special meetings only two of the four directors were in attendance. Each of the members of the Audit Committee is “independent” as defined under the listing standards of the NYSE and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the board of directors has determined that Dr. Hodo is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. No member of our Audit Committee serves on the audit committees of more than three public companies. The Audit Committee has the authority to engage independent counsel and other advisers as it determines necessary to carry out its duties.

The Audit Committee has established procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters, and the confidential, anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. Persons wishing to communicate with the Audit Committee may do so by writing in care of Chairman, Audit Committee, Stewart Information Services Corporation, 1980 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 800, Houston, Texas 77056.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is comprisedcurrently consists of Dr. W. Arthur Porter (Chair) and Laurie C. Moore, each of whom is “independent” as that term is defined in the listing standards of the NYSE. Governor Frank Keating, as an advisory director, also participates in meetings of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. It is the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s duty to (i) recommend to our board of directors nominations of persons for election by our Common Stockholders to our board of directors, (ii) create procedures for identification of nominees, (iii) consider and recommend to the board of directors criteria for nomination to our board of directors, (iv) receive and consider nominations submitted by our stockholders, (v) review and make recommendations with respect to director compensation, and (vi) oversee the self-evaluation of the board of directors and the Compensation Committee’s evaluations as to the performance of management as reported to the board of directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held fourthree meetings during 2010,2011, at which all members were present. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s charter is available on our website atwww.stewart.com/investor-relations/corporate-compliance.

OurGuidelines on Corporate Governance require requires that a majority of the nine members of our board of directors be “independent” as that term is defined in the rules of the NYSE. As described above, a majority of our current board of directors is “independent” under the filing standards of the NYSE. Those OurGuidelines on Corporate Governancealso provideprovides that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall be guided by the following principles:

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