---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-108182"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STC"
cik: "0000094344"
company_name: "STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T23:16:56.103888+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stewart acquires MCS for $330M cash, expanding property preservation services

## Summary
- Stewart subsidiary SISCO Holdings to acquire MCS for $330M in cash, funded from available resources.
- MCS provides property preservation services for mortgage servicers; acquisition adds default servicing capability.
- Transaction expected to close before end of 2025, subject to HSR clearance and customary conditions.
- Stewart expects the deal to be immediately accretive to earnings.
- MCS will operate as a standalone company within Stewart's Real Estate Solutions business.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-108182
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STC
- cik: 0000094344
- company_name: STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000110465925108182/0001104659-25-108182-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/94344/000110465925108182/tm2530570d1_8k.htm

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