Extinction Rebellion target Howden and Marsh offices in Shrewsbury

Extinction Rebellion targeted the offices of brokers Marsh and Howden in Shrewsbury in an insurance-related protest.

The group went to Marsh’s office in Abbey Foregate at 10am on 11 July 2025, before marching up Wyle Cop to visit Howden’s branch on the High Street.

The protest was related to fossil fuels, with protesters calling for the support of new projects to be ended. It featured placards, banners and a Grim Reaper,

One protester said: “Here in Shrewsbury we’re already feeling the effects of climate breakdown.

“Shropshire farmers are struggling with the current drought. Homes and businesses are suffering as once in a hundred year floods now happen annually.

“We need insurers to stop making things worse and step up to be climate heroes.”

Other protest

The protest came amid supporters of Extinction Rebellion’s Insure our Survival campaign targeting the offices of insurance companies up and down the country in a national wave of action last week.

During the week, Marsh’s Manchester office in Belvedere, Booth Street, was also targeted, with protesters holding a large Stop Eacop (East African Crude Oil Pipeline) banner.

Eacop is a pipeline that is set to transport oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania.

One protester said: “We are already seeing the catastrophic effects of climate chaos on our TV screens.

“Instead of displacing poor people to pipe oil across Africa so that big oil can make even more money, we should be leaving it in the ground. Our message is simple – oil companies need to stop drilling and start paying.”