1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals and minimum capital requirement - only life or only non-life activity: values must agree (IR.22.01, IR.28.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0668)

A blocking check on the impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals (IR.22.01) and minimum capital requirement - only life or only non-life activity (IR.28.01) templates, in the annual solo (ARS) return.

The rule in plain words

The MCR reported in Minimum Capital Requirement (IR.28.02.01.05) - Both life and non-life insurance activity should be calculated in accordance with Article 248 (1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35

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.28.02 as reported.

The cells it reads

Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals (IR.22.01.01.01)

Row

  • R0110Minimum Capital Requirement

Column

  • C0010Amount with Long Term Guarantee measures and transitionals

Minimum capital requirement - only life or only non-life activity - overall MCR calculation (IR.28.01.01.05)

Rows

  • R0340Combined MCR
  • R0350Absolute floor of the MCR

Column

  • C0070c

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 MCR reported in IR.28.02.01.05 - Minimum Capital Requirement - Both life and non-life insurance activity should be calculated in accordance with Article 248 (1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35.
Show the formulaShow

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

{t: IR.28.02.01.05, r: R0400, c: C0130, z: Z0001} = max({t: IR.28.02.01.05, r: R0340, c: C0130, z: Z0001}, {t: IR.28.02.01.05, r: R0350, c: C0130, z: Z0001})

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.22.01

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