Able Channel and Beacon International Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Risk and Insurance Content Through Dedicated Streaming Service

Impact for Advertisers and Audiences in Expanded Delivery, Content Use

New York, NY — January 12th 2026 — The Able Channel, an Emmy^® Award-winning healthcare streaming service, and Beacon International (www.big.com) a global leader in insurance media and publishing, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver Business Insurance–focused video content, a dedicated streaming channel, and audience data to customers of Beacon’s media on four continents: Business Insurance / Workers Comp Central. Medical Liability Monitor, Insurance Advocate – USA; Asia Insurance Review, Middle East Insurance Review– Singapore; Insurance Connect / Insurance Trade,– Milano; and Commercial Risk / Global Risk Manager– London .

Through this partnership, Able Channel will develop and distribute a dedicated Business Insurance streaming channel, providing premium, creditable programming addressing the intersection of insurance, risk management, workforce health, and corporate outcomes. The content will be made available across major streaming platforms and targeted directly to Beacon International’s global audience of insurance consumers, corporate buyers, insurers, brokers, risk managers, self-insured employers, and benefits companies. “This partnership brings together two organizations with deep roots in both media and business insurance,” said Steve Acunto, President of Beacon International. “By delivering Beacon’s leadership content through Able Channel’s substantial expertise in production and distribution of media we will be presenting original, curated programming focused upon a variety of risk related subjects including risk mitigation, claims processes and reduction, workers’ compensation, related injury prevention and rehabilitation, behavioral risk in the workplace, aging workforce and return-to-work strategies, among a host of medical malpractice and perils facing businesses and homeowners.”

In addition to streaming content, the partnership will deliver audience-level data and engagement insights to Beacon media’s readers and clients, enabling insurers, brokers, and employers to understand clearly how risk awareness and strategy relates to workforce health and risk, according to Mr Brian McCourt CEO, Able Channel, who stated: .“Able Channel was built to deliver authoritative, societally worthwhile content with measurable engagement on a streaming platform. Working with Beacon will enable us to bring that model directly to the business insurance industry and to consumers —delivering not just content, but insight and data that matter to insurers and employers and every insured.”

The initiative reinforces Beacon’s singular, long-standing center of influence in insurance communications, Mr Acunto added, observing: “The partnership introduces a new set of media formats that extend beyond print and digital publishing into streaming video and into pathways that have not been used effectively, if at all for our content delivery – all, benefitting our readers, clients, users and the industry itself. We are enthusiastic at the prospect of working with the professionals at Able.”

Beacon International Group (www.big.com)

is a diversified global organization serving the insurance, publishing, investment, and institutional advancement fields. Beacon publishes the world’s leading insurance and risk management media brands, including Business Insurance, Commercial Risk, Asia Insurance Review, Middle East Insurance Review, WorkCompCentral and several international newsletters serving several niche sectors in risk transfer, risk financing and risk management. Its affiliate, CINN manages and supports numerous insurance associations and industry intelligence enterprises worldwide.

About The Able Channel www.theablechannel.com

The Able Channel is a multi-Emmy Award-winning healthcare streaming service delivering medically validated, expert-driven programs and content across Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, and institutional platforms and social media. Able partners with leading healthcare organizations, insurers, and employers to improve health literacy, engagement, and outcomes through premium storytelling and data-driven distribution.

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