Premiums, claims and expenses by line of business: values must agree (S.05.01, EIOPA rule BV216)

The rule in plain words

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.

EIOPA writes it out as separate checks, one for each table or return it covers. Line4 Check runs two of them (BV216-1 and BV216-2), and a failure names the one that failed.

This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit. It runs only when your filing indicators mark S.05.01 as reported.

The cells it reads

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on quarterly solo (QRS), quarterly group (QRG), quarterly branch (QRB), annual solo (ARS), annual group (ARG) and annual branch (ARB) returns on EIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0. EIOPA applies it to annual branch (ARB), annual solo (ARS), annual ECB solo (AES), annual ECB branch (AEB), annual group (ARG), quarterly ECB branch (QEB), quarterly ECB solo (QES), quarterly branch (QRB), quarterly solo (QRS) and quarterly group (QRG) returns, as a blocking check.

EIOPA’s own words and formula

In EIOPA’s list of validations, word for word:

The item "Premiums written - Net" reported in S.05.01 - Premiums, claims and expenses by line of business must be equal to the "Premiums written - Gross" minus "Premiums written - Reinsurers' share".

Other rules on Premiums, claims and expenses by line of business (S.05.01)

Every Solvency II rule on S.05.01

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.