Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. acquired Excess & surplus lines operations of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. for $40 million on September 30, 2022. The management and 176 employees of the Hallmark E&S business in Dallas, Atlanta, and Jersey City will transition to Core Specialty. In addition to the Hallmark E&S team's acquisition, Hallmark Specialty Commercial Segment president and chief underwriting officer Gerald A. Dupre, Jr. will join Core Specialty in a leadership role within the combined excess & surplus lines business.

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. completed the acquisition of Excess & surplus lines operations of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. on September 30, 2022.