1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Solvency capital requirement - non-life and health catastrophe risk: values must agree (IR.27.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0656)

A blocking check on the solvency capital requirement - non-life and health catastrophe risk template (IR.27.01), in the annual solo (ARS) return.

The rule in plain words

The item "Total" reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - Non-life and Health catastrophe risk (IR.27.01.01.16) should be equal to the sum of "Largest exposure 1" and "Largest exposure 2"

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.27.01 as reported.

The cells it reads

Solvency capital requirement - non-life and health catastrophe risk: man made catastrophe risk - credit & suretyship - large credit default (IR.27.01.01.16)

Rows

  • R2900Largest exposure 1
  • R2910Largest exposure 2
  • R2920Total

Columns

  • C0990Exposure (individual or group)
  • C1010Catastrophe Risk Charge Credit & Surety before risk mitigation - Large Credit Default
  • C1020Estimated Risk Mitigation
  • C1030Estimated Reinstatement Premiums
  • C1040Catastrophe Risk Charge Credit & Surety after risk mitigation - Large Credit Default

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual solo (ARS) return on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to 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 "Total" reported in IR.27.01.01.16 - Solvency Capital Requirement - Non-life and Health catastrophe risk should be equal to the sum of "Largest exposure 1" and "Largest exposure 2".
Show the formulaShow

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

{t: IR.27.01.01.16, r: R2920, z: Z0001} = {t: IR.27.01.01.16, r: R2900, z: Z0001} + {t: IR.27.01.01.16, r: R2910, z: Z0001}

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.27.01

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