Openwork unveils protection app

The app has been developed in conjunction with Assureweb and was unveiled at the network's national conference in Birmingham.

It will allow advisers to access quotes from the Openwork Select panel of protection providers or from its single-tie proposition, Zurich Plus.

Users of Openwork Select will be able to obtain quotes from all five providers on the panel - Aegon, Friends Life, Legal & General, Zurich and LV=.

The App will be made available to advisers in mid-February and can be downloaded to the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad.

Paul Shearman, mortgage, protection and general insurance proposition director at Openwork, said: "Tablet use has been rising across the network and the app will significantly enhance the accessibility of protection quotes for our advisers as part of our on-going ‘ease of doing business' initiative."