UKNet Select goes on-line with indemnity systemIT company UKNet Select has developed an on-line claims system with City law firm Kennedys, devised for the solicitors' professional indemnity market.

UKNet Select said it will enable clients, insurers, brokers, and acting solicitors to view and process information through a secure Internet database.

Although Kennedys assisted in the development of the new service, it will be made available free of charge to all firms which use Alexander Forbes as their brokers.

All transactions relating to a claim are applied to the system's database and can be viewed on-line.

All parties to the claim are notified by e-mail when changes are posted to the database.The system also produces insurance reports, allowing Alexander Forbes - the brokers also helped to develop the system - to analyse claims for risk management purposes.

The system is protected using an Internet firewall technology that its developers say monitors all attempts to access the database.

UKNet Select said the system reports and blocks unauthorised entry to the database, taking a 'fingerprint' of the event if later investigation is required.

Jeremy Fleming