Non-life technical provisions: values must agree (IR.17.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0580)

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.

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.17.01 as reported.

The cells it reads

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual solo (ARS) 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) and annual solo (ARS) returns, as a blocking check.

The Bank’s own words and formula

In the Bank of England’s list of validations, word for word:

The item "Net Best Estimate of Provision for claims outstanding " reported in IR.17.01.01.01 - Non-Life Technical Provisions should be equal to "Provision for claims outstanding - Gross" minus "Total recoverable from reinsurance/SPV and Finite Re after the adjustment for expected losses due to counterparty default".

Other rules on Non-life technical provisions (IR.17.01)

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.17.01

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.