Premiums, claims and expenses by line of business and life obligations analysis: a total must equal the sum of its parts (S.05.01, S.14.01, EIOPA rule BV774)

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.

What to do if your return fails it

1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
2. 02Add up the parts in your return and compare the result with the total.
3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
4. 04EIOPA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark S.05.01 and S.14.01 as reported.
6. 06This 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

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

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

The sum of the total amount of written premiums reported in S.14.01 - Life obligation analysis should be equal to undertakings' total written gross premiums, except Annuities stemming from non-life insurance contracts reported in S.05.01 - Premiums, claims and expenses by line of business.

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.