Pro-Palestine protesters target Chubb office on Waterloo Street

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Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action.

Campaigners assembled outside the Sentinel building on Waterloo Street on Wednesday morning, targeting insurance company Chubb, which operates from the premises.

Images from the scene show protesters holding Palestinian flags and large banners, including one reading "Chubb insures genocide" and another stating "Chubb insuring Elbit is insuring genocide".

Other photographs show slogans written in chalk on the pavement outside the building, while campaigners handed out leaflets to passers-by and office workers.

Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action. (Image: Supplied)

Groups including the Palestine Resistance Collective and Boycott Bloody Insurance organised the demonstration.

Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action. (Image: Supplied)

Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action. (Image: Supplied)

Campaigners claim Chubb and Sompo provide insurance services linked to Elbit Systems, an Israeli arms manufacturer.

Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action. (Image: Supplied)

Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action. (Image: Supplied)

According to organisers, similar protests took place at offices in Manchester, London, Maidstone and elsewhere across Britain as part of a coordinated day of action.

A spokesperson for the campaign said protesters had gathered outside Chubb's Glasgow office, "surrounding the building in a red line" and delivering a letter to management calling on the company to end its relationship with Elbit Systems.

Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action. (Image: Supplied)

One protester addressing the demonstration said: "We demand that Chubb come clean about the state of their relationship with UAV and Elbit.

"The British public have made themselves clear: the blood of Palestinians is on your hands.

"We demand companies on our high streets act within international law and stop insuring genocide. Chubb must drop UAV and Elbit – now."

Pro-Palestine protesters have gathered outside a Glasgow city centre office building as part of a nationwide day of action. (Image: Supplied)

The protest comes months after the same building was targeted in a separate incident.

As previously reported, police taped off the Waterloo Street premises in April after windows were smashed and graffiti was daubed on the building.

At the time, Police Scotland said: "Around 2.35am on Thursday, April 16, 2026, officers received a report of damage to a building on Waterloo Street, Glasgow.

"Enquiries are ongoing."

No disruption to traffic was visible in the images from Wednesday's demonstration.

Glasgow Times has contacted Chubb for comment.

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