Michael B. Skalka has been named president of Stewart Title Guaranty Co., the primary underwriter of Houston-based Stewart Information Services Corp.Mr. Skalka will remain as chairman of Stewart's international group, where he has served since 2005. He has 30 years of experience in the title insurance and real estate industries, Stewart said. Mr. Skalka joined Stewart in 1988 as founding president of Stewart Title Insurance Co., founded Stewart's United Kingdom underwriter in the early 1990s, and became STIC's chairman in 1993, the parent company said. Stewart can be found online at http://www.stewart.com.
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