A British human rights group has issued a report accusing Lloyd's of London and 15 other insurance companies of helping to prop up the "brutal dictatorship" that rules Myanmar.
The Burma Campaign UK report also said that after it had applied pressure, some of the world's largest insurance firms, including American International Group, had decided not to provide insurance to companies in Burma and were on Burma Campaign's "Clean List."
Johnny Chatterton, author of the report and Campaigns Officer at Burma Campaign UK, said in a statement that foreign carriers by selling insurance to companies operating in Burma "are propping up a regime that rules through fear–raping, torturing and killing Burma's civilians.
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