SAN DIEGO & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shareholder rights law firm Robbins LLP announces that it is investigating Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (NASDAQ: HALL) for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and whether the Company's officers and directors breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders. Hallmark Financial underwrites, markets, distributes, and services property/casualty insurance products.
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Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (HALL) Dismisses Its Independent Auditor
On March 2, 2020, Hallmark Financial announced that it had exited from the Binding Primary Commercial Auto Business and revealed a $63.8 million loss development for prior underwriting years. Then, on March 11, 2020, the Company disclosed it had dismissed its independent auditor BDO due in large part to a disagreement regarding estimates for reserves on unpaid losses. Finally, on March 17, 2020, Hallmark Financial filed with the SEC a letter from BDO stating BDO had expanded the scope of its audit relating to the disagreement and that "a substantial portion of the requests had not been received and/or tested prior to our termination." Following these disclosures, shares of Hallmark Financial fell from a closing price of $14.33 per share on March 2, 2020 to a closing price of $3.12 per share on March 18, 2020, representing a 78% decline.
If you purchased Hallmark Financial Services Inc. (HALL) securities between March 5, 2019 and March 17, 2020, you have until July 6, 2020, to ask the court to be appointed lead plaintiff for the class.
Contact us to learn more:
Leo Kandinov
(800) 350-6003
lkandinov@robbinsllp.com
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