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2 min readWarningEIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0Updated 11 November 2026

Non-life technical provisions and non-life technical provisions - by country: a conditional check (S.17.01, S.17.03, EIOPA rule BV1117)

A warning on the non-life technical provisions (S.17.01) and non-life technical provisions - by country (S.17.03) templates, in the annual solo (ARS) and annual branch (ARB) returns.

It applies to 2.8.2 returns too, the release for the 2026 returns, and Line4 Check runs it there as well.

Check your file for this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

The sum of gross TP as a whole and gross best estimate for all countries reported in template S.17.03 should be higher or equal than the total for that LoB reported in template S.17.01 (direct business, TP as a whole + gross BE + transitional on TP for both)

The headline gives only the template and the kind of check, because the rule is too long to say in a headline. The plain words above say all of it.

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The check applies only when its first part holds in your return. When it does, the second part must hold too: fix the second part, or correct the first.
  3. 03EIOPA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark S.17.01 and S.17.03 as reported.
  5. 05This is a warning. It does not stop the return on its own, but your supervisor may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Non-life technical provisions (S.17.01.01.01)

Rows

  • R0020Direct business
  • R0070Gross - direct business
  • R0170Gross - direct business
  • R0290TP as a whole
  • R0300Best estimate

Column

  • C0100Credit and suretyship insurance

Non-life technical provisions - by country: gross TP calculated as a whole and gross BE for different countries - home country and countries outside the materiality threshold (S.17.03.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010Home country
  • R0020EEA countries outside the materiality threshold - not reported by country
  • R0030Non-EEA countries outside the materiality threshold - not reported by country

Column

  • C0100Credit and suretyship insurance

Non-life technical provisions - by country: gross TP calculated as a whole and gross BE for different countries - countries in the materiality threshold (S.17.03.01.02)

Row

  • R0100Countries in the materiality threshold

Column

  • C0100Credit and suretyship insurance

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual solo (ARS) and annual branch (ARB) returns on EIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0. EIOPA applies it to annual ECB solo (AES), annual ECB branch (AEB), annual solo (ARS) and annual branch (ARB) returns, as a warning.

EIOPA’s own words and formula

The plain words above are EIOPA’s own, word for word, from its list of validations.

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EIOPA's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

if ({t: S.17.01.01.01, r: R0290, c: C0100} < 0 and {t: S.17.01.01.01, r: R0300, c: C0100} < 0) then {t: S.17.03.01.01, r: R0010, c: C0100} + {t: S.17.03.01.01, r: R0020, c: C0100} + {t: S.17.03.01.01, r: R0030, c: C0100} + sum({t: S.17.03.01.02, r: R0100, c: C0100, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:TB] = [s2c_LB:x28]}) >= {t: S.17.01.01.01, r: R0020, c: C0100} + {t: S.17.01.01.01, r: R0070, c: C0100} + {t: S.17.01.01.01, r: R0170, c: C0100} + {t: S.17.01.01.01, r: R0290, c: C0100} + {t: S.17.01.01.01, r: R0300, c: C0100} else true()

Every Solvency II rule on S.17.01

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.