LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's 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
15th day of March, 2006.






									   /s/
Catherine A. Allen
						Signature





Catherine A. Allen
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