Openwork has produced a protection quote application for Apple mobile devices.
Sesame Bankhall Group chief executive George Higginson has warned the advisory community it risks having further unwanted reforms thrust upon it if it does not better represent itself.
Sesame will make a restricted proposition available to members from the middle of next year, built around its own platform and newly-created investment management arm.
Sesame Bankhall Group has promoted George Higginson from chief operating officer to chief executive officer, subject to approval by the Financial Services Authority.
Openwork is hosting a series of protection, general insurance and mortgage road shows across the UK.
Openwork recorded a pre-tax loss of £8.5m in 2010, on top of a £5.6m loss during the previous year.
Paradigm has kicked off a revamp of its protection offering by adding Bupa Individual Protection's proposition to its Elite protection panel.
Protection products will be ‘pivotal' to adviser firms' future prosperity, according to Sesame Bankhall.
Former Standard Life savings chief executive Geoff Towers will join Legal & General (L&G) as head of IFA sales for savings.
Tenet is stepping in to bail-out adviser firms that have been let down by "unsympathetic or unwilling" banks.