1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Solvency capital requirement - operational risk: values must agree (IR.26.06, Bank of England rule IR_bv0662)

A blocking check on the solvency capital requirement - operational risk template (IR.26.06), in the annual solo (ARS) return.

The rule in plain words

The item "Capital requirement for operational risk charge before capping" reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - Operational risk (IR.26.06.01.01) should be equal to the maximum between "Capital requirement for operational risk based on technical provisions" and "Capital requirement for operational risk based on earned premiums"

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.26.06 as reported.

The cells it reads

Solvency capital requirement - operational risk (IR.26.06.01.01)

Rows

  • R0130Capital requirement for operational risk based on technical provisions
  • R0260Capital requirement for operational risk based on earned premiums
  • R0300Capital requirement for operational risk charge before capping

Column

  • C0020Capital requirement

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 "Capital requirement for operational risk charge before capping" reported in IR.26.06.01.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - Operational risk should be equal to the maximum between "Capital requirement for operational risk based on technical provisions" and "Capital requirement for operational risk based on earned premiums".
Show the formulaShow

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

{t: IR.26.06.01.01, r: R0300, c: C0020} = max({t: IR.26.06.01.01, r: R0130, c: C0020}, {t: IR.26.06.01.01, r: R0260, c: C0020})

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.26.06

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