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Insure Our Survival

International Wave Of Action

STOP INSURERS BACKING ARMS & OIL

8th-22nd September – a coordinated wave of actions will sweep around the globe, targeting insurers enabling fossil fuels and war. 

Across Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia, we’re twinning groups from the Global North and the Global South to build solidarity and amplify frontline voices.

Mass actions are confirmed in London 8th & 9th September and more actions around the country will be announced!

General Information

UK Actions

These are openly organised actions for any Rebel to attend. More may be added and there may be more happening 🤫

London 8 & 9 Sept

  • Time: Join from 08:00 onwards for a full day of action. NOTE: the underground is on strike these days, so plan ahead (latest from TfL here)
  • Location: 20 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0BG
  • Participant briefing doc

Morecambe 10 Sept

  • Time/location: Meet 11:15 – Lancaster train station OR  12:00 – AXA House, Ovangle Road, Northgate, White Lund Industrial Estate, Morecambe, LA3 3PA
  • Join this Whatsapp chat to get plugged in

Manchester 11 Sept

  • Timings: 12:00 – 14:00 (end time is approximate) 
  • Location: John Rylands library M3 3EH, along the side of the historic building.

Ipswich 15 Sept

  • Location: 08:00 – Brooke Lawrence House, IP1 2AN OR 10:00 – The Corn Hill, IP1 1DH
  • Timing 08:00 – 09:00.engage with AXA staff going to work > Walk to The Corn Hill – public outreach 10:00 – 12:00

Birmingham 16 Sept

  • Meet:  11:30 in the grounds of Birmingham cathedral. Cathedral Square, Colmore Row, B3 2QB
  • Timing: 12:00 – 14:00 Picket the AXA building. Arca, Temple Row, B2 5AF
  • Join this Telegram channel for more information

Want to plan an action?

Step 1: Have a look at the target map, select ‘AXA’ and ‘AIG’ and the possibilities around the UK will be revealed!

Step 2: get some friends together

Step 3: Contact IOS via their online form and they will support you to take action.

To do some of the heavy lifting, we have:

Our targets

We’re pushing for pressure worldwide on two global insurers:

  • AXA

They are a key insurer of the Israeli war machine committing war crimes right now and many of the worst carbon bomb projects. They are enabling ecocide and genocide. AXA has already dropped its support of  many Israeli banks and Elbit Systems due to activist pressure: we know we can move them. AXA are also the no.1 provider of retail insurance in Europe and a big player in the US. 

  • AIG

Although only 1/10th the size of AXA, they are almost as heavily involved in fossil fuels and arms. AIG are still in the frame for insuring EACOP (East African Crude Oil Pipeline). 

Why Will It Work?

We’re asking all groups that can to take direct action to disrupt and shout loudly in their country for a permanent mass public boycott of a major global insurer: AXA/AIG. That way we focus as much pressure and profit damage as possible on one of the worst firms.

As their biggest profits come from selling insurance to ordinary people, we can affect their bottom line by telling everyone that they are quietly arming Israel, driving floods, wildfires, droughts and heatwaves even as they advertise their shiny brand to us.

That will get their board’s attention, and they will be forced to act because they know we won’t stop until they do.

By concentrating on a few targets, we maximise disruption, media attention, and movement wins. Fossil fuels and arms make up just 2–3% of their portfolios — they can afford to drop them and by publicly outing them and toxifying their brand, turning their retail customers away, we can hurt them enough to force them to change and Insure our Survival.

More info and ways to connect:

So far this year

July 2025 marked one official year of the Insure Our Survival campaign, and to celebrate in style we called upon everyone to escalate actions at local dirty insurers we’ve already targeted and plan our first direct action at those we haven’t yet put on notice. If you’ve put our demands to them already then we offer full support in training and resources to go back and pile on more pressure.

In the second week of July, we called on good folk across the UK to take action against their local dirty insurers, with a heavy emphasis on potential EACOP – the East African Crude Oil Pipeline – insurers and Marsh (who are filthy EACOP’s dirty broker) for those that have a choice of targets locally. From the streets to social media, we need your voices and creativity to make sure these companies know that we will resist their support of any carbon bomb, especially EACOP.

We’ve been building momentum for a year. We’ve seen major wins and we need more. We don’t have twenty years. We need action now.

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