The rule in plain words
If "No use of volatility adjustment" is reported in template Basic information - general (IR.01.02), the item "Impact of volatility adjustment set to zero" in template Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals (IR.22.01) should be zero
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
- 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 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.
- 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.01.02 and IR.22.01 as reported.
- 04This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.
The cells it reads
Basic information - general (IR.01.02.01.01)
Row
- R0180Volatility adjustment
Column
- C0010c
Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals (IR.22.01.01.01)
Rows
- R0100Eligible own funds to meet Minimum Capital Requirement
- R0110Minimum Capital Requirement
Column
- C0070Impact of volatility adjustment set to zero
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:
If "No use of volatility adjustment" is reported in template IR.01.02 - Basic information - general, the item "Impact of volatility adjustment set to zero" in template IR.22.01 - Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals should be zero.
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The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.
if {t: IR.01.02.01.01, r: R0180, c: C0010} = $[s2c_AP:x8] then {t: IR.22.01.01.01, r: R0100; R0110, c: C0070, z: Z0001} = 0 else true()Other rules on Basic information - general (IR.01.02)
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: a conditional check (IR_bv1742_01)Blocking
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: a conditional check (IR_bv1742_02)Blocking
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: a conditional check (IR_bv1744_01)Blocking
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: a conditional check (IR_bv1744_02)Blocking
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: values must agree (IR_bv1745_01)Blocking
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: values must agree (IR_bv1745_02)Blocking
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: a conditional check (IR_bv1740)Blocking
- Basic information - general and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals: a conditional check (IR_bv1739_01)Blocking
Every Solvency UK rule on IR.01.02
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.
