1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Reinsurance recoverables non-life must be consistent between IR.02.01 and IR.17.01 (IR.02.01, IR.17.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0212_02)

A blocking check on the balance sheet (IR.02.01) and non-life technical provisions (IR.17.01) templates, in the annual third-country branch (ARB) return.

The rule in plain words

Reinsurance recoverables non-life must be consistent between IR.02.01 and IR.17.01

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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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. 04The Bank of England allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.02.01 and IR.17.01 as reported.
  6. 06This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Balance sheet (IR.02.01.07.01)

Row

  • R0280Non-life and health similar to non-life

Column

  • C0010Solvency II value

Non-life technical provisions (IR.17.01.01.01)

Rows

  • R0140Total recoverable from reinsurance/SPV and Finite Re after the adjustment for expected losses due to counterparty default
  • R0240Total recoverable from reinsurance/SPV and Finite Re after the adjustment for expected losses due to counterparty default

Column

  • C0180Total Non-Life obligation

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual third-country branch (ARB) return on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual third-country branch (ARB) returns, as a blocking check.

The Bank’s own words and formula

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

Show the formulaShow

The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

{t: IR.02.01.07.01, r: R0280, c: C0010} = sum({t: IR.17.01.01.01, r: R0140; R0240, c: C0180})

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.02.01

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