Projection of future cash flows (Best estimate - matching portfolios): a value must not be negative (SR.22.02, EIOPA rule BV937)

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 table below and find the cells the rule reads.
2. 02Look for a value below zero in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark SR.22.02 as reported.
4. 04This 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 amount of the mismatch - Negative undiscounted mismatch (inflows < outflows ) in template SR.22.02 - Projection of future cash flows (Best Estimate - Matching portfolios) [RFF/MP/RM] should be reported as a positive value.

Other rules on Projection of future cash flows (Best estimate - matching portfolios) (SR.22.02)

Every Solvency II rule on SR.22.02

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.