Attached files
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| 10-K - HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC | v178234_10k.htm |
| EX-21 - HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC | v178234_ex21.htm |
| EX-32.A - HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC | v178234_ex32a.htm |
| EX-32.B - HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC | v178234_ex32b.htm |
| EX-31.B - HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC | v178234_ex31b.htm |
| EX-31.A - HALLMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES INC | v178234_ex31a.htm |
Exhibit
23
CONSENT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The
Board of Directors
Hallmark
Financial Services, Inc.:
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form
S-8 (File Nos. 333-41220, 333-140000 and 333-160050) and Form S-3 (File No.
333-147598) of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company)
of our report dated March 25, 2010, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009
and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 2009 and all financial statement
schedules, which report appears in the December 31, 2009 annual report on Form
10-K of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.
The
aforementioned report, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
the Company, refers to the change, in 2009, in the Company’s method of
evaluating other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities due to the
adoption of new accounting requirements issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, as of April 1, 2009.
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KPMG LLP
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KPMG
LLP
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Dallas,
Texas
March 25,
2010