Worked for a company where employees went to the continent on business quite often. They carried such things as laptop computers and of course cash. I did not undertake risk assessments simply because the risk was unmeasurable. That is not to say the risk did not exist, we had one case of a staff member being mugged and his laptop stolen while he was walking from the station to his hotel, but how do you measure the level of risk and what sort of measures could you put in place? I simply decided that there is a risk of such incidents and to reduce this risk they were told to use a taxi from the station to the hotel and vice versa, this reduced the risk to almost zero of being mugged again. I use this example just to illustrate that there are some risks that need no analysis as they are niot measurable but need protecting against. Just put in place some simple measures and the risk will disappear (well almost anyway).

Hi Kimberley I can sort of understand where Bob S is coming from, but do disagree - the risk can always be 'rated' even if its just a simple "high/medium/low". We have people routinely travelling to Nigeria which is always a high risk for personal safety, whereas travelling to France is comparitively "low". To counter this, we are developing InCountry Guides that are specific to the relevant country and provide generic information and advice for the traveller. We are also providing an appropriate level of risk assessment training so that they are able to carry out on-site risk assessments. Lastly, check with your insurer as they will obviously have an interest in this, but also lots of experience that I'm sure they'll happily pass on. Pete

Check the FCO website and select the country being visited will give you a level of risk when travelling to that country and a list of precautions and advice to take....hence gathering information on your risk assessment. Website is - http://www.fco.gov.uk/en...ravel-advice-by-country/