Briefing: Insurance industry at the centre of a new era of protests – and risks

Allianz Guildford

Protestors targeting the insurance sector over covering broad risk classes is not new – however, deliberate action over insuring particular clients poses a new physical threat to businesses

The insurance industry watched on 8 October 2024 as the story unfolded over the course of the day about protestors launching a coordinated series of attacks on country-wide Allianz offices over the insurer providing cover for an Israeli defence firm, Elbit Systems.

The implications of this action will now have hit home for every business across the industry.

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