LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Max Crisp, Sue M. Pizzitola, Steven I. Soffer, John a Watson and E.
Ashley Smith, acting singly, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the
undersigned to:

                (1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an advisory director of Stewart Information Services
Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the beneficial
ownership of securities of the Company in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

		(2) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

		(3) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or if legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
granted above, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the  undersigned, are not assuming
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
beneficial ownership of securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact and
the Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1 day of December, 2006.





                                         /s/Frank A. Keating