The rule in plain words
Premiums written: net = gross - reinsurer's share
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.05.03 as reported.
The cells it reads
Life income and expenditure (IR.05.03.01.01)
Rows
- R0030Gross
- R0040Reinsurers' share
- R0050Net
Columns
- C0010Insurance with profit participation
- C0020Index-linked and unit-linked insurance
- C0030Life annuities
- C0040Non-life annuities
- C0050Other life insurance
- C0060Health insurance
- C0070Total life and health
Life premiums and claims by country (IR.05.05.01.01)
Row
- R0030Gross
Columns
- C0010Insurance with profit participation
- C0020Index-linked and unit-linked insurance
- C0030Life annuities
- C0040Non-life annuities
- C0050Other life insurance
- C0060Health insurance
- C0070Total life and health
Which returns it applies to
Line4 Check runs it on annual solo (ARS) and annual third-country branch (ARB) returns on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual third-country branch (ARB) and annual solo (ARS) returns, as a blocking check.
The Bank’s own words and formula
The plain words above are the Bank of England’s own, word for word, from its list of validations.
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The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.
{t: IR.05.03.01.01, r: R0050} = {t: IR.05.03.01.01, r: R0030} - {t: IR.05.03.01.01, r: R0040}Other rules on Life income and expenditure (IR.05.03)
- Net = gross - reinsurer's share (IR_bv2001)Blocking
- Expenses incurred: net = gross - reinsurer's share (IR_bv2002)Blocking
- Premiums written: net = gross - reinsurer's share (IR_bv2003)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: net = gross - reinsurer’s share (IR_bv2005)Blocking
- Expenses incurred: net = gross - reinsurer's share (IR_bv2007)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: premiums written: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2070_01)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2070_02)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2071_01)Blocking
Every Solvency UK rule on IR.05.03
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.
