Overseas travel

World Aware

Our insurers Aon provide the World Aware website offering travel safety advice and updates.  Please visit this website when planning your trip or writing your risk assessment. Type in the company name 'Portsmouth' to gain access to the site.

Quarterly Newsletter

World Aware produces a newsletter containing useful articles and profiles, plus regular features on current security issues and a calendar of upcoming election dates across the world (elections can disrupt business travel and put travellers at risk).  A list of the special articles in each issue appears below.

Issue 9:

  • The Arab Spring
  • Making plans to evacuate
  • Osama Bin Laden's death - the implications
  • Country profile: Brazil
  • Deep Vein Thrombosis

Issue 8:

  • Has airport security become excessive?
  • When labour strikes - operating through mass strike action
  • Culture Shock: East Africa
  • Female business travellers
  • Cholera

Issue 7:

  • Natural disasters - weathering the storm
  • Blackout for Blackberry
  • Smart and safe: Top travel scams
  • Country Profile: India
  • Travelling with medicines

Issue 6:

  • Staying safe at the World Cup
  • The Bribery Act
  • When things go wrong abroad
  • Smart and safe: Travelling light
  • Culture Shock: Japan
  • Country Profile: Thailand
  • Malaria

Issue 5:

  • Staying safe during religious and cultural festivals
  • Espionage and business travel
  • Honey traps
  • Culture Shock: China
  • Country profile: Nigeria
  • Hepatitis A

Issue 4:

  • Saudi terrorist attack: implications for airport security
  • Carjacking
  • Culture Shock: India
  • Country profile: Israel
  • Dysentery

Issue 3:

  • Arrested abroad
  • Money abroad
  • Culture Shock: Brazil
  • Country profile: Indonesia
  • Travel safety awareness - Flying
  • Dengue Fever

Issue 2:

  • Caught in a coup
  • Labour militancy
  • Culture Shock: South East Asia
  • Country profile: China
  • Travel safety awareness - public transport and taxis
  • Swine Flu

Issue 1:

  • Kidnap for ransom
  • How to protect your data
  • Country profile: Russia
  • Travel safety awareness - hotels
  • Yellow Fever