Cancer is the leading cause of long-term disability claims for Unum — and has been for a decade — according to 2010 data collected by the insurance company.

One year after the passage of health care reform embodied in the blockbuster Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act its still difficult to see just what form it will take and, more importantly, what kind of impact it will have on the market.

What do you get when you combine more than 900 brokers, a hundred or so exhibitors, a couple of politicians, nearly two dozen breakout sessions and a lot of energy? The Benefits Selling Expo 2011, held at the Nashville, Tenn., Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.