STC

Stewart Information Services Corp

A title insurance and real estate services company that protects homebuyers and lenders against past title defects, and supplies mortgage professionals with credit data and online notarization. It began in 1893 when attorney Maco Stewart bought a local abstract company and renamed it the Stewart Law & Land Title Office; in 1905 he and his brother offered Texas's first title insurance. The 1900 Galveston hurricane and the 1901 Beaumont oil discovery boosted its early growth.