{"id":419623,"date":"2021-01-22T12:08:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=419623"},"modified":"2021-01-22T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T17:08:06","slug":"am-best-comments-on-credit-ratings-of-hallmark-financial-services-inc-and-its-subsidiaries-following-announced-specialty-commercial-business-separation-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/am-best-comments-on-credit-ratings-of-hallmark-financial-services-inc-and-its-subsidiaries-following-announced-specialty-commercial-business-separation-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Following Announced Specialty Commercial Business Separation Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Following Announced Specialty Commercial Business Separation Plan<\/b><\/p>\n<p>OLDWICK, N.J.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<b>AM Best <\/b>has commented that the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of \u201cbbb-\u201d and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. (Hallmark Financial) [NASDAQ: HALL] are unchanged, following the recent announcement that Hallmark Financial is exploring opportunities to segregate its specialty commercial segment. Concurrently, the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of \u201ca-\u201d of the members of Hallmark Insurance Group also remain unchanged. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is negative. Operations are headquartered in Dallas, TX. (See below for a detailed listing of the companies and ratings).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Jan. 21, 2021, Hallmark Financial announced its intention to explore opportunities to segregate its specialty commercial segment from its other business segments to create separately operated companies. The Hallmark Financial board of directors believes establishing separation of the operational structures of its business segments may achieve a more appropriate aggregate valuation and improve access to capital.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAM Best awaits additional necessary details on how this separation may proceed, the impact it will have on the overall capital structure and the credit quality of each segment, along with a planned timeline. AM Best will continue to monitor Hallmark Financial results and react accordingly as details arise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe FSR of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of \u201ca-\u201d remain unchanged for the following members of Hallmark Insurance Group:\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\nAmerican Hallmark Insurance Company of Texas\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHallmark Insurance Company\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHallmark Specialty Insurance Company\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHallmark County Mutual Insurance Company\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHallmark National Insurance Company\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best\u2019s website. 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(Hallmark Financial) [NASDAQ: HALL] are unchanged, following the recent announcement that Hallmark Financial is exploring opportunities to segregate its specialty commercial segment. Concurrently, the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICRs of \u201ca-\u201d of the members of Hallmark Insurance Group also remain unchanged. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is negative. Operations are headquartered in Dallas, TX. (See below for a detailed listing of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/am-best-comments-on-credit-ratings-of-hallmark-financial-services-inc-and-its-subsidiaries-following-announced-specialty-commercial-business-separation-plan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Following Announced Specialty Commercial Business Separation Plan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-419623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Following Announced Specialty Commercial Business Separation Plan - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/am-best-comments-on-credit-ratings-of-hallmark-financial-services-inc-and-its-subsidiaries-following-announced-specialty-commercial-business-separation-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Following Announced Specialty Commercial Business Separation Plan - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries Following Announced Specialty Commercial Business Separation Plan OLDWICK, N.J.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;AM Best has commented that the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of \u201cbbb-\u201d and the Long-Term Issue Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. 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