8-K

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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 21, 2008

HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Nevada

(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)

001-11252	87-0447375
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

777 Main Street, Suite 1000, Fort Worth, Texas	76102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

817-348-1600

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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 February 21, 2008, the Registrant issued a press release announcing that on March 4, 2008, 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 Raymond James 29^th Annual Institutional Investors Conference. The press release also announces that the presentation materials are available on the Registrant’s website at www.hallmarkgrp.com. 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

(c) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release dated February 21, 2008.

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.

	HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
Date:February 21, 2008	By:	/s/ Jeffrey R. Passmore
		Jeffrey R. Passmore, Chief Accounting Officer

EX-99.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. To Present at the

Raymond James 29^th Annual Institutional Investors Conference

FORT WORTH, Texas, (February 21, 2008) - 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 Raymond James 29^th Annual Institutional Investors Conference located at The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, 1 Grand Cypress Boulevard in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at 2:50 p.m.. EST. The presentation materials are available on Hallmark’s website at www.hallmarkgrp.com.

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."

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For further information, please contact:

Mark J. Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer at 817.348.1600

www.hallmarkgrp.com