Off-balance sheet items - general and outwards reinsurance balance sheet exposures: a value must not be less than another (IR.03.01, IR.31.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0782_02)

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.

What to do if your return fails it

1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
2. 02Compare the values in your return. If the first is smaller than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
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 IR.03.01 and IR.31.01 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

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:

Sum of ‘Assets pledged by reinsurers in template IR.03.01 - Off-Balance sheet items - general’ should be equal or higher to sum of ‘Assets pledged by reinsurers’ reported in IR.31.01 - Share of reinsurers [including Finite Reinsurance and SPV's].

Other rules on Off-balance sheet items - general (IR.03.01)

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.03.01

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.