 In February 2013, Stewart was asked by CNN to write a response to President Obama's second inaugural address.In 2013, Stewart was named by the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, an association for commercial insurance intermediaries, as one of the international insurance industry's of the last 100 years – Stewart was recognized for his work with the Insurance Information Institute.Stewart was a longstanding Member of the Writers Guild of America, the Judson Welliver Society of Senior Presidential Speechwriters (for which he acted as Secretary since its founding by William Safire during President Reagan's first Administration), the Council on Foreign Relations, the Century Association, the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and the Yale Club.