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Are you afraid to travel? Just as vacation season begins, the media bombards with concerns about travel safety, with many worried that traveling in the U.S. will become more dangerous if al-Qaeda tries to retaliate for last month’s ambush and killing of Osama bin Laden.

By Laura Mazzuca Toops | Updated on May 31, 2011

Are you afraid to travel? Just as vacation season begins, the media bombards with concerns about travel safety, with many worried that traveling in the U.S. will become more dangerous if al-Qaeda tries to retaliate for last month’s ambush and killing of Osama bin Laden.

According to a recent survey by Chubb—which was conducted even before the bin Laden raid—half of the 1,000 Americans surveyed said they would refuse to go on a business trip, giving reasons related to terrorism (28 percent) and political or civil unrest (21 percent), or an infectious disease outbreak (19 percent). Respondents cited situations such as the uprisings in Egypt and Libya as the reasons for concern.

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