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Burma Campaign report on insurance firms - company responses & non-responses
Burma Campaign UK published a report, "Insuring Repression - Exposing how the insurance industry supports Burma’s dictators":
- press release & full report, 29 Jul 2008
- London's link to Burmese junta revealed - Nick Mathiason, The Observer, UK, 27 July 2008
- XL, Chubb Pull Out Of Burma – Pressure mounts on Lloyd’s - Burma Campaign UK, 19 Aug 2008
- Another Insurer pulls out of Burma [Arab Insurance Group (Arig)]– UK government must act - Burma Campaign UK, 26 Aug 2008
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the 16 companies named in the report's "Insurance Dirty List" to respond to the report:
- ACE response [DOC]
- Al Wasl Insurance Brokers response [DOC]
- Atrium Underwriting - did not respond
- Catlin - did not respond
- Labuan Re - did not respond
- Lloyd's response [DOC]
- Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance has indicated it will provide a response; when it does, we will post it here
- OCBC Bank response [PDF] and response by OCBC subsidiary Great Eastern Life [PDF]
- Pana Harrison - did not respond
- QBE - did not respond
- Sompo Japan Insurance response [DOC]
- Target Insurance Brokers - did not respond
- Tokio Marine - we have invited Tokio Marine to respond; if it provides a response, we will post it here
XL Capital was deleted from Burma Campaign's report following its decision not to insure business in Burma. See XL Capital's response to the Resource Centre [DOC] and Burma Campaign's 19 Aug 2008 statement.
Arab Insurance Group was deleted from Burma Campaign's report following its decision not to insure business in Burma. See Response by Arab Insurance Group (Arig) to the Resource Centre [DOC] and Burma Campaign's 26 Aug 2008 statement.