1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Premiums, claims and expenses by country: values must agree (IR.05.02, Bank of England rule IR_bv0564_01)

A blocking check on the premiums, claims and expenses by country template (IR.05.02), in the annual solo (ARS), annual group (ARG) and annual third-country branch (ARB) returns.

The rule in plain words

The item "Best estimate minus recoverables from reinsurance/SPV and Finite Re - total" reported in IR.05.02.01.01 - Life and Health SLT Technical Provisions should be equal to "Technical provisions - total" minus "Total Recoverables from reinsurance/SPV and Finite Re after the adjustment for expected losses due to counterparty default" from "Technical provisions calculated as a whole" and "Gross best estimate"

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.

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 IR.05.02 as reported.

The cells it reads

Premiums, claims and expenses by country - home country - non-life obligations (IR.05.02.01.01)

Rows

  • R0210Gross - Direct Business
  • R0220Gross - Proportional reinsurance accepted
  • R0230Gross - Non-proportional reinsurance accepted
  • R0240Reinsurers' share
  • R0300Net

Column

  • C0080Home country

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual solo (ARS), annual group (ARG) and annual third-country branch (ARB) returns on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual third-country branch (ARB), annual solo (ARS) and annual group (ARG) 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.05.02.01.01, r: R0300, c: C0080, z: Z0001} = sum({t: IR.05.02.01.01, r: R0210; R0220; R0230, c: C0080, z: Z0001}) - {t: IR.05.02.01.01, r: R0240, c: C0080, z: Z0001}

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.05.02

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