The rule in plain words
The item "Loss-absorbing capacity of technical provisions" reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula (S.25.01) must be lower or equal to "Net future discretionary benefits"
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 three of them (BV896-2 to BV896-5), and a failure names the one that failed.
What to do if your return fails it
- 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 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.
- 03EIOPA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
- 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark S.01.01 and S.25.01 as reported.
- 05This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.
The cells it reads
Content of the submission (S.01.01.01.01)
Row
- R0460S.25.01.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula
Column
- C0010Reporting status
Content of the submission (S.01.01.04.01)
Row
- R0460S.25.01.04 - Solvency Capital Requirement - for groups on Standard Formula
Column
- C0010Reporting status
Content of the submission (S.01.01.07.01)
Row
- R0460S.25.01.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula
Column
- C0010Reporting status
Solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: calculation of solvency capital requirement (S.25.01.01.02)
Rows
- R0140Loss-absorbing capacity of technical provisions
- R0460Net future discretionary benefits
Column
- C0100Value
Solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: calculation of solvency capital requirement (S.25.01.04.02)
Rows
- R0140Loss-absorbing capacity of technical provisions
- R0460Net future discretionary benefits
Column
- C0100Value
Which returns it applies to
Line4 Check runs it on 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 group (ARG) and annual solo (ARS) returns, as a blocking check.
EIOPA’s own words and formula
In EIOPA’s list of validations, word for word:
The item "Loss-absorbing capacity of technical provisions" reported in S.25.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula must be lower or equal to "Net future discretionary benefits".
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EIOPA's formula, for BV896-5. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.
if ({t: S.01.01.01.01, r: R0460, c: C0010} = [s2c_CN:x59]) then {t: S.25.01.01.02, r: R0460, c: C0100, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:AO] = [s2c_AO:x0]} >= abs({t: S.25.01.01.02, r: R0140, c: C0100, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:AO] = [s2c_AO:x0]}) else true()BV896-2:
if ({t: S.01.01.07.01, r: R0460, c: C0010} = [s2c_CN:x59]) then {t: S.25.01.01.02, r: R0460, c: C0100, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:AO] = [s2c_AO:x0]} >= abs({t: S.25.01.01.02, r: R0140, c: C0100, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:AO] = [s2c_AO:x0]}) else true()BV896-3:
if ({t: S.01.01.04.01, r: R0460, c: C0010} = [s2c_CN:x59]) then {t: S.25.01.04.02, r: R0460, c: C0100, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:AO] = [s2c_AO:x0]} >= abs({t: S.25.01.04.02, r: R0140, c: C0100, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:AO] = [s2c_AO:x0]}) else true()Other rules on Content of the submission (S.01.01)
- Content of the submission and solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: a conditional check (BV897)
- Content of the submission: the diversification effects between Basic SCR of net risk modules must be lower or equal to zero (BV898)Blocking
- Content of the submission and solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: a conditional check (BV899)Blocking
- Content of the submission and solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: a conditional check (BV900)Blocking
- The calculation of Basic SCR reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula might not be correct (BV901_1)
- The calculation of Basic SCR reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula might not be correct (BV901_2)
- The calculation of SCR Equity (Delegated Regulation art. 168) reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - Market risk might not be correct (BV904_1)
- The calculation of SCR Equity (Delegated Regulation art. 168) reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - Market risk might not be correct (BV904_2)
Every Solvency II rule on S.01.01
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.
