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2 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Content of the submission and solvency capital requirement - non-life and health catastrophe risk: a conditional check (IRR.01.01, IRR.27.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0743)

A blocking check on the content of the submission (IRR.01.01) and solvency capital requirement - non-life and health catastrophe risk (IRR.27.01) templates, in the annual solo (ARS) return.

Check your file for this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

The item "Total Earthquake EEA Regions before diversification" reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - Non-life and Health catastrophe risk (IRR.27.01) [RFF/MP/RM] should be equal to the sum of the regions reported above

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.

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The check applies only when its first part holds in your return. When it does, the second part must hold too: fix the second part, or correct the first.
  3. 03The Bank of England allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark IRR.01.01 and IRR.27.01 as reported.
  5. 05This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Content of the submission (IRR.01.01.01.01)

Row

  • R0940IRR.27.01.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - Non-life and health catastrophe risk

Column

  • C0010c

Solvency capital requirement - non-life and health catastrophe risk: natural catastrophe risk - earthquake (IRR.27.01.01.03)

Rows

  • R0830Republic of Austria
  • R0840Kingdom of Belgium
  • R0850Republic of Bulgaria
  • R0860Republic of Croatia
  • R0870Republic of Cyprus
  • R0880Czech Republic
  • R0890Swiss Confederation; Principality of Lichtenstein
  • R0900French Republic [except Guadeloupe, Martinique, the Collectivity of Saint Martin and Réunion]; Principality of Monaco; Principality of Andorra
  • R0910Federal Republic of Germany
  • R0920Hellenic Republic
  • R0930Republic of Hungary
  • R0940Italian Republic; Republic of San Marino; Vatican City State
  • R0950Republic of Malta
  • R0960Portuguese Republic
  • R0970Romania
  • R0980Slovak Republic
  • R0990Republic of Slovenia
  • R1000Guadeloupe
  • R1010Martinique
  • R1020Collectivity of Saint Martin
  • R1030Total Earthquake specified Regions before diversification

Columns

  • C0140Exposure
  • C0150Specified Gross Loss
  • C0170Catastrophe Risk Charge before risk mitigation
  • C0180Estimated Risk Mitigation
  • C0190Estimated Reinstatement Premiums
  • C0200Catastrophe Risk Charge after risk mitigation

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 Earthquake EEA Regions before diversification" reported in IRR.27.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - Non-life and Health catastrophe risk [RFF/MP/RM] should be equal to the sum of the regions reported above.
Show the formulaShow

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

if ({t: IRR.01.01.01.01, r: R0940, c: C0010, z: Z0001} = $[s2c_CN:x1]) then {t: IRR.27.01.01.03, r: R1030, z: Z0001} = sum({t: IRR.27.01.01.03, r: R0830; R0840; R0850; R0860; R0870; R0880; R0890; R0900; R0910; R0920; R0930; R0940; R0950; R0960; R0970; R0980; R0990; R1000; R1010; R1020, z: Z0001}) else true()

Every Solvency UK rule on IRR.01.01

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