1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Content of the submission and solvency capital requirement - operational risk: a conditional check (IRR.01.01, IRR.26.06, Bank of England rule IR_bv1224)

A blocking check on the content of the submission (IRR.01.01) and solvency capital requirement - operational risk (IRR.26.06) templates, in the annual solo (ARS) return.

The rule in plain words

The capital requirement based on technical provisions reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - Operational risk (IRR.26.06) [RFF/MP/RM] should be equal to 0,45% of life technical provisions without risk margin excluding unit and index-linked contracts if positive plus 3% of non-life technical provisions if positive

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.26.06 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

  • R0920IRR.26.06.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - Operational risk

Column

  • C0010c

Solvency capital requirement - operational risk (IRR.26.06.01.01)

Rows

  • R0100Life gross technical provisions (excluding risk margin) (other than unit-linked or index-linked)
  • R0120Non-life gross technical provisions (excluding risk margin)
  • R0130Capital requirement for operational risk based on technical provisions

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 capital requirement based on technical provisions reported in IRR.26.06 - Solvency Capital Requirement - Operational risk [RFF/MP/RM] should be equal to 0,45% of life technical provisions without risk margin excluding unit and index-linked contracts if positive plus 3% of non-life technical provisions if positive.
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: R0920, c: C0010, z: Z0001} = $[s2c_CN:x1] or {t: IRR.01.01.01.01, r: R0920, c: C0010, z: Z0001} = $[s2c_CN:x60] or {t: IRR.01.01.01.01, r: R0920, c: C0010, z: Z0001} = $[s2c_CN:x71]) then {t: IRR.26.06.01.01, r: R0130, c: C0020, z: Z0001} = 0.0045 * max(0, {t: IRR.26.06.01.01, r: R0100, c: C0020, z: Z0001}) + 0.03 * max(0, {t: IRR.26.06.01.01, r: R0120, c: C0020, z: Z0001}) else true()

Every Solvency UK rule on IRR.01.01

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