UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT PURSUANT
TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported):
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September 3,
2010
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HALLMARK
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
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(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Nevada
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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001-11252
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87-0447375
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification
No.)
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777
Main Street, Suite 1000, Fort Worth, Texas
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76102
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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817-348-1600
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Not
Applicable
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(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last
Report)
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Check the appropriate box below if the
Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2.
below):
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Item
7.01 Regulation FD
Disclosure
On September 3, 2010, the Registrant
issued a press release announcing that on September 8, 2010, Mark E. Schwarz,
Executive Chairman and Mark J. Morrison, Chief Executive Officer and President
of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (“Hallmark”), will make a presentation at
the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference. The press
release also announces that the presentation materials will be available on the
Registrant’s website at
www.hallmarkgrp.com
on and after the date of the presentation. A copy of the press
release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
release dated September 3, 2010.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized.
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HALLMARK
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
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Date:
September 3, 2010
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey R. Passmore
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Jeffrey
R. Passmore, Chief Accounting
Officer
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hallmark
Financial Services, Inc. To Present at the
Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference
FORT
WORTH, Texas, (September 3, 2010) - Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:
HALL) announced today that Mark E. Schwarz, Executive Chairman, and Mark J.
Morrison, Chief Executive Officer and President, will make a presentation at the
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference located at The Waldorf=Astoria
Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York City, New York on Wednesday, September 8, 2010
at 9:00 a.m. EDT. The presentation materials will be available on
Hallmark’s website at
www.hallmarkgrp.com
on and after the date of the presentation.
Hallmark
Financial Services, Inc. is an insurance holding company which,
through its subsidiaries,
engages in the sale of property/casualty insurance products to businesses and
individuals. Our business involves marketing, distributing, underwriting and
servicing commercial insurance, non-standard personal automobile insurance and
general aviation insurance, as well as providing other insurance related
services.
Our business is geographically concentrated in the south
central and northwest regions of the United States, except for our general
aviation business which is written on a national basis. The Company
is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas and its common stock is presently listed
on NASDAQ under the symbol "HALL."
For
further information, please contact:
Mark J.
Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer at 817.348.1600
www.hallmarkgrp.com
