CLIMATE activists in Scotland are targeting insurance companies in protests on Tuesday, demanding they stop insuring climate criminals.

The action is part of Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) Insure Our Survival campaign calling on insurance firms to stop underwriting all new oil, gas and coal projects.

Activists dressed as zombies will protest outside the offices of global insurance firm the Howden Group in Glasgow. XR says the company insures firms involved in developing the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline.

Further protests are planned across Britain.

Murdoch Wilson of XR Glasgow said: “Insurance companies are taking massive hits to their profits due to extreme weather events caused by global warming.

“But instead of turning off the tap of carbon pollution by stopping insuring coal, gas and oil projects, they are increasing their prices for ordinary families and refusing to insure in some areas most at risk of fires and floods.”

The Howden Group was invited to comment.