If and when the $192 million deal closes, it will be Stewart’s biggest bet on ancillary services, and it will bring the total spent on acquisitions during Stewart CEO Fred Eppinger’s tenure to more than half a billion dollars.
Source: Inman News
Stewart buying Informative Research to further ‘end-to-end’ platform goal
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