This morning (10 March 2025), protesters scaled the canopy above the entrance to the office in Gracechurch Street and remain put. Red paint has also been splattered across the building, while Palestinian flags have been hung as well.
Video footage shows police at the scene, with protesters shouting messages from the canopy with megaphones.
It is the fifth time Palestine Action have targeted the insurer, with the group “demanding Allianz stop insuring Elbit Systems”.
A spokesperson for Palestine Action said: “As all companies who work with Elbit should know by now, Palestine Action’s direct action campaign against them will not cease until their links with the Israeli weapons trade does. Allianz must drop Elbit.”
Yiannis is deputy editor at Insurance Times and the winner of the Most Promising Newcomer prize at the Biba Journalist & Media Awards 2023 for his work covering the big stories within the insurance industry.
With a particular focus on regulation, geopolitical and systemic risks and conflict, he has covered the insurance implications of the Ukraine war, riots in France and the commissions scandal for multioccupancy buildings insurance.View full Profile
With a particular focus on regulation, geopolitical and systemic risks and conflict, he has covered the insurance implications of the Ukraine war, riots in France and the commissions scandal for multioccupancy buildings insurance.View full Profile
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