Six protestors arrested as insurer’s office is chalk-sprayed, the famous Gherkin building is occupied and insurance CEOs are branded climate criminals by a video van tour of the City of London as day two of Extinction Rebellion’s Insure Our Survival week hits the streets.
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A pink boat sailed through the City of London as hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists occupied world-famous buildings, staged climate crime scenes and mass die-ins and marched to demand insurers stop insuring climate breakdown. The actions kicked off a week of mass protests in the capital and across the UK calling on the insurance industry to stop insuring fossil fuel criminals who are heating up the planet and flooding our homes.
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Extinction Rebellion announces its Insure Our Survival campaign by issuing an ultimatum letter to insurance industry bosses as the movement prepares a week of protests and actions in London and across the UK. Senior executives have been warned: “Make a pledge to get out of new oil, coal and gas – or face actions and protests.”
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The UK’s top insurers were forced to face up to their lethal role in climate breakdown at their annual awards ceremony last night (Wednesday 3 July)) as Extinction Rebellion launched Insure Our Survival, a sustained campaign of nonviolent direct action demanding the insurance industry pull the plug on new oil, gas and coal ventures.
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Email: press@extinctionrebellion.ukPhone: +44(0)7756136396 Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Extinction Rebellion UK today (Tuesday) vowed to step up direct action pressure on the global insurance industry after Zurich, the sixth biggest insurer of fossil fuels, announced they will stop insuring new oil and gas after a week of protests by thousands of activists. Extinction Rebellion UK…
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Round up of actions targeting the insurance companies during XR's Insurance Week of Actions. Reaching out to the insurance industry to stop insuring fossil fuels. From Brighton to Leicester, Bristol to Glasgow, Chipping Norton to Bridgend.
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Major insurer Probitas1492 have today (Monday) confirmed that they will never insure two major ‘carbon bomb’ projects - the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and the proposed West Cumbria coal mine - after a week of peaceful protest from Extinction Rebellion (XR) and members of the Insure Our Future coalition.
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The Chief Executive Officer of Zurich insurance Marco Greco has signalled that he’s ready to enter into talks with Extinction Rebellion (XR) and members of the Insure Our Future (IOF) coalition after a week of protest that saw his business among those targeted.
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AXA going the right direction, but the pressure is on - they are still one of the worst insurers in the world in terms of fossil fuels.
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Dramatic scenes have engulfed the nerve centre of the UK’s insurance industry as hundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists formed a Blockade For Life around the entire Lloyds of London building. XR’s 800-strong Carbon Bomb Defusal Squad are linking hands to form a 300m-long human chain around the iconic building, allowing staff to leave the building in the City of London but refusing to allow anyone to enter or re-enter.
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