Hallmark Financial Services Inc. News

Hallmark Financial to Voluntarily Delist From Nasdaq

Property/casualty insurer Hallmark Financial Services said it has voluntarily delisted from Nasdaq after failing to meet requirements to remain on the stock exchange. Hallmark on Dec. 26 provided notice to Nasdaq. The company said its shares will be suspended in …

Core Specialty Completes Buy of Hallmark’s E&S Operations for $40M

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries said Oct. 7 that it has completed the acquisition of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.’s excess & surplus lines operations for approximately $40 million in cash. The business acquired from Hallmark represents that …

Hallmark Financial Cancels Plans for Specialty Insurance Spinoff and IPO

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. announced last Thursday that it will no longer actively pursue a previously announced separation of its specialty commercial business segment and will not proceed with an initial public offering of the specialty segment. It was in …

Ratings of Hallmark Financial Services, Subsidiaries Under Review

AM Best has placed under review with developing implications the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” and the Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of Dallas-based Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (Hallmark Financial). Concurrently, AM Best has placed under …

Hallmark Financial Plans to Pursue IPO of Specialty Commercial Business

Hallmark Financial Services Inc., a property/casualty insurance company with three business segments – Specialty Commercial, Standard Commercial and Personal – plans to pursue an initial public offering of a non-controlling ownership stake in the core businesses within the Specialty Commercial …

Insurer Hallmark Financial Explores Splitting Off Its Specialty Commercial Lines Business

Hallmark Financial Services, a specialty property/casualty company, announced Thursday that it is exploring the separation of its specialty commercial business to unlock its value and improve access to capital. Currently the company is comprised of three business segments—specialty commercial, standard …

Specialty Insurer Hallmark Financial CEO Anand Resigns; AM Best Maintains ‘A-‘ Rating

AM Best announced that it would not change the “A-” financial strength ratings of the members of Dallas-based specialty insurer Hallmark Insurance Group nor the “bbb-” long-term issue credit rating of Hallmark Financial Services, after Hallmark Financial announced its chief …

Hallmark Financial CEO Resigns; AM Best ‘A-‘ Rating Maintained

AM Best announced that its would not change the “A-” financial strength ratings of the members of Dallas-based Hallmark Insurance Group nor the “bbb-” long-term issue credit rating of Hallmark Financial Services, after Hallmark Financial announced the CEO is resigning. …

Ratings of Texas’ Hallmark Financial No Longer Under Review with Negative Implications

AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “bbb-” and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (Hallmark Financial), headquartered in Dallas. Concurrently, …

Fort Worth P/C Insurer, Hallmark Financial, Reports $34M Loss

Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (HALL) has reported a loss of $34 million in its fourth quarter. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company said it had a loss of $1.87 per share. Losses, adjusted for investment gains, were $2.01 per share. The …