Anti-Adani coalmine activists target insurance broker with virtual protest

Marsh, understood to be working on the Carmichael project, is being hit with online campaign amid coronavirus

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Anti-Adani activists will bombard the world's largest insurance broker with calls, emails and social media messages in a virtual protest on Tuesday ahead of its annual general meeting in New York.

Campaigners have already managed to speak directly with Marsh executives, who are understood to be considering a new climate policy at this week's meeting. The company is understood to be working for Adani to find insurance policies for the Carmichael mine.