The rule in plain words
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 IRR.05.03 as reported.
The cells it reads
Life income and expenditure (IRR.05.03.01.01)
Rows
- R0130Gross
- R0140Reinsurers' share
- R0150Net
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) 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:
Claims: net = gross - reinsurer’s share
Show the formulaShowHide
The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.
{t: IRR.05.03.01.01, r: R0150, z: Z0001} = {t: IRR.05.03.01.01, r: R0130, z: Z0001} - {t: IRR.05.03.01.01, r: R0140, z: Z0001}Other rules on Life income and expenditure (IRR.05.03)
- Premiums written: net = gross - reinsurer's share (IR_bv2004)Blocking
- Expenses incurred: net = gross - reinsurer's share (IR_bv2008)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2070_03)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2071_03)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2072_03)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross expenses = sum of components (IR_bv2073_02)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: total = sum of parts (IR_bv2074_03)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: a total must equal the sum of its parts (IR_bv2622_02)Blocking
Every Solvency UK rule on IRR.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.
