Yes I also believe that is correct. I wonder if that has any connection to why the people who designed the ad chose that finch species.
I then wondered if Allianz is associated with the mining company involved, that is (was) a threat to the finch’s limited habitat. I did a search on Adani & Allianz and found
the below. There is a connection (as below)
On Gruen they suggest the intention was to suggest that an eagle (as in the insurance company) is a powerful friend. But that the ad is clearly absurd, I think
sort of shoots them in the foot. On Gruen Russell Howcroft then made it clear that he doesn’t know the difference between a Sea-Eagle and a Silver Gull (or it seems any other bird).
If they wanted to make the point, they could have obtained real film of a finch (or a thornbill or whatever other little bird) nesting within the sticks of
an eagle’s nest. Because that does happen. I have seen it and others have reported it too.
https://global.insure-our-future.com/insurance-companies-and-the-greatest-fraud-adani/
Insurers and Adani: The End of the Affair
February 9, 2023|Blog|Written
by Peter Bosshard, Coordinator of the global Insure Our Future campaign
Originally published in ESG
Investor on February 9, 2023
Since activist short-seller Hindenburg Research accused the
Adani Group of “pulling the largest con in corporate history” on 25 January, the value of the world’s biggest private developer of new coal has been in free fall. The exposure of Adani’s fraud sheds an embarrassing light on organisations – including Lloyd’s
of London, Allianz and TIAA – which have been enabling the Adani Group’s businesses as risk managers or investors, despite net zero commitments.
Etc..
Philip
From: Martin Butterfield [
Sent: Friday, 30 May, 2025 3:20 PM
To: MADELON LANE
Cc: Philip Veerman; birding-aus; CanberraBirds email list
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] TV bird ad for Allianz
On Fri, 30 May 2025 at 14:26, MADELON LANE <> wrote:
Certainly people have asked me about this ad, I was able to let them know it is a total fantasy, I don’t know if they just wanted cuteness for cuteness sake, probably. Maybe they had something in mind for black throated finches but terrified
of being ‘political’ and defaulted to this?
On Fri, 30 May 2025 at 1:01 pm, Philip Veerman <> wrote:
I wonder if others have seen and were amused by the new TV ad for Allianz. It also happened to be the discussed as the first item on (ABC TV) Gruen this week.
https://iview.abc.net.au/video/LE2428H003S00
The ad featured a computer-generated animation of two birds, specifically a Black-throated Finch and a White-bellied Sea-Eagle. In this, we see a cartoon finch that has supposedly lost an egg during a rain storm, that rolls down
the gutter of a house it then absurdly carries its egg in its feet whilst flying and then a cartoon Sea-Eagle then gave the finch a lift and carried the egg into a nest, that is not the nest of a finch.
This is all terribly weird and indeed the story line is entirely ridiculous. It is almost like the insurance company is satirising themself. I suppose it is sort of cute but highly misleading that anything like this could happen.
Has anyone got an idea what it is intended to mean?
The Gruen panel commented on the Sea-Eagle but none of them even seemed to notice the finch, as no one mentioned it. They did mention that Allianz has previously used an eagle as part of its gimmickry. But who know whether specifically
a White-bellied Sea-Eagle. The finch is as much a part of the ad as the Sea-Eagle. But why such an obscure bird? Also, worth mentioning that the computer imagery was crudely done, even though the birds are identifiable.
Philip Veerman
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