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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549     FORM 8-K     CURRENT REPORT   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934     DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): September 2, 2025   STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)   Delaware   001-02658   74-1677330 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION)   (COMMISSION FILE NO.)   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)   1360 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 100 , Houston , Texas 77056 (Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)   Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: ( 713 ) 625-8100   Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:     ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))   Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $1 par value STC New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)   Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).   Emerging growth company ¨   If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨             ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS.   On September 2, 2025, Stewart Information Services Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in the Company’s annual cash dividend, from $2.00 to $2.10 per share, payable to common stockholders beginning with the third quarterly payment of 2025. The Company also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.525 per share of the Company’s common stock for the third quarter 2025, payable September 30, 2025, to common stockholders of record on September 16, 2025‎. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.   The information in this Item 8.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are not deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference.   ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.   (d) EXHIBITS   Exhibit No . Description     99.1 Press release of Stewart Information Services Corporation dated September 2, 2025, announcing an increase in its annual dividend and declaring a dividend for the third quarter 2025.     104 Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)         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/ David C. Hisey   (David C. Hisey, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer)   Date: September 2, 2025