Activists ask Arch Insurance to back away from Adani

Coral Wynter
Gadigal Country/Sydney
September 16, 2020
Issue 
1281
News
Activists outside Arch Insurance. Photo: Rigmor Berg

Stop Adani activists visited the offices of property and liability insurance company Arch Insurance in the CBD on September 15.

Arch is involved in providing insurance to Adani鈥檚 Carmichael thermal coal mine in the Galilee Basin听in Central Queensland.听

Activists had wanted to ask Arch CEO Marc Grandisson听to publicly rule out covering the Adani dirty coal mine, the rail link and other associated infrastructure and project contractors. He was not available. 听

About 19 major听insurance companies听have declared that they will not insure Adani and all but nine of Lloyd鈥檚听syndicates have yet to do so.听

Activists had made a听鈥淪top Adani鈥澨齝ake to share with Arch employees but, unfortunately, the office was closed. Employees can, however, complete a confidential staff听survey, set up by .

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The cake that was going to be offered to Arch employees.

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