Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. to Present At the 2008 HCM Investment Forum

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 27, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hallmark Financial
Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:HALL) announced today that Kevin T. Kasitz, Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Jeffrey R. Passmore, Senior Vice
President and Chief Accounting Officer, will make a presentation at the 2008
Hodges Capital Management Investment Forum located at Rosewood Crescent Hotel,
400 Crescent Court, Dallas, Texas on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at 9:30 a.m.
CDT. 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."

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CONTACT: Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.
Mark J. Morrison, President and
Chief Executive Officer
817.348.1600
www.hallmarkgrp.com