---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-131355"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STC"
cik: "0000094344"
company_name: "STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T21:45:03.111747+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stewart Info Services: CLO John Killea retires; Elizabeth Giddens named successor

## Summary
- John Killea steps down as Chief Legal Officer and CCO effective Dec 31, 2022.
- Elizabeth Giddens appointed Chief Legal Officer effective Jan 1, 2023.
- Killea will serve as Senior Advisor through Mar 31, 2023 at $25,000/month.
- Killea forfeits long-term incentive compensation; stock options extended to Mar 2028.
- Bylaws amended to update stockholder nomination procedures under Rule 14a-19.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-131355
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STC
- cik: 0000094344
- company_name: STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000110465922131355/0001104659-22-131355-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000110465922131355/tm2233707d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Killea retired as Chief Legal Officer at STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: on December 27, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company approved December 31, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) as the date Mr. Killea shall cease to serve as an executive officer of the Company. In order to assist the Company as he transitions out of his former role, he will continue as an employee in a non-executive capacity during the transition period
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000110465922131355/0001104659-22-131355-index.htm
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Giddens was appointed as Chief Legal Officer at STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: On the same date, the Board of Directors appointed Elizabeth Giddens as the successor to the role of Chief Legal Officer, effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000110465922131355/0001104659-22-131355-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP: Adopted Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws primarily to update procedural mechanics for stockholder nominations under Rule 14a-19 and reflect recent Delaware General Corporation Law changes (effective 2022-12-27).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-27
  source text: On December 27, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended Bylaws”) primarily to update the procedural mechanics for stockholder nominations of directors related to Rule 14a-19 (“Rule 14a-19”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and to reflect certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000110465922131355/0001104659-22-131355-index.htm

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