Insurance News

In a major victory for the Burma Campaign UK’s Insurance Campaign, QBE Insurance has announced it has cancelled insurance it provided to Burma and is to cease providing insurance to companies operating in the country. QBE is the largest managing…

The Burma Campaign UK today called on the British Government to investigate if UK registered insurance companies have bribed the Burmese junta. The call follows insurance giant, Aon, being fined £5.25 million last week for financial crimes, including reportedly bribing…

Supporters of the Burma Campaign UK sent one email a minute to the management of Lloyd’s of London, last week, urging them to stop Lloyd’s syndicates insuring companies in Burma. The email campaign, launched Wednesday, targeted the senior management of…

Two major insurers are pulling out of Burma only three weeks after the Burma Campaign UK published its report, Insuring Repression, highlighting how insurance companies have facilitated the flow of billions of dollars to the Burmese regime. The companies, XL…

Read the report here: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/insurance.php The Burma Campaign UK today publishes a groundbreaking new report exposing how foreign insurance companies have facilitated the flow of billions of dollars to the Burmese regime, money that hasn’t benefitted Burma’s people and has instead…