​Extinction Rebellion climb outside of insurance office building as protests continue

Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters scaled the outside of the Walkie Talkie building in their latest round of insurance-related protests in London.

🚨BREAKING: 3 XR protestors have scaled London’s iconic Walkie Talkie building, home to major insurers Ascot, Talbot & @TMKiln

Police have sealed off the area; activists remain in position

👀STAY TUNED

💸SUPPORT PEOPLE IN ACTION:https://t.co/wBgnsFIYqA#InsureOurSurvival pic.twitter.com/qjuCMDOItf

— Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍 (@XRebellionUK) October 30, 2024

The Walkie Talkie building is home to insurance firms such as Ascot, Talbot, Chaucer, Markel, Allied World, CNA Hardy and Tokio Marine Kiln.

Video footage posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed protesters using a ladder to climb to the roof of the entrance of the building yesterday (30 October 2024).

They then hung posters that read “Insuring Fossil Fuels = Climate Chaos” before sitting down above the main revolving entrance doors.

Police were spotted on the scene and XR said they had sealed off the area at the time of the protest.

Other protests

Protesters also targeted the Walkie Talkie building on Monday (28 October 2024), with them occypying the lobby.

This week has also seen XR target Swiss Re at The Gherkin, WTW in Lime Street and AIG in Fenchurch Street.

Just Stop Oil, meanwhile, occupied the Colmore Building in Birmingham, which houses insurers such as Chubb and Allianz.

It comes as part of the Insure Our Survival Campaign, which aims to stop insurance firms from insuring new fossil fuel projects.

Insure Our Survival spokesperson Steve Tooze said: “Unless insurers meet our demand to stop insuring new oil and gas, we will keep targeting them with mass non-violent direct action.”