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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): October 24, 2003

                    STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

         DELAWARE                     1-12688                         74-1677330
     (STATE OR OTHER           (COMMISSION FILE NO.)            (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
      JURISDICTION)                                          IDENTIFICATION NO.)

                    1980 Post Oak Blvd, Houston, Texas 77056
               (Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (713) 625-8100

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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      (c)   EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.       Description
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99.1              Press release of Stewart Information Services Corporation
                  dated October 24, 2003, reporting financial results for the
                  three and six months ended September 30, 2003

ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

      A press release issued by Stewart Information Services Corporation on
October 24, 2003 regarding financial results for the three and six months ended
September 30, 2003 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and the first and second
paragraphs thereof and the financial tables therein, are incorporated herein by
reference. This information is not deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is not incorporated by
reference into any Securities Act registration statements.




                                    SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                 STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION
                                  (Registrant)

                                 By:   /S/  Max Crisp
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                                    (Max Crisp, Executive Vice President,
                                    Secretary-Treasurer, Director and Principal
                                    Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: October 24, 2003