1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Solvency capital requirement: life underwriting risk = sum of parts (IR.25.04, Bank of England rule IR_bv2041_02)

A blocking check on the solvency capital requirement template (IR.25.04), in the annual group (ARG) return.

The rule in plain words

Life underwriting risk = sum of parts

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your return and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04The Bank of England allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.25.04 as reported.
  6. 06This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Solvency capital requirement (IR.25.04.04.01)

Rows

  • R0190Mortality risk
  • R0200Longevity risk
  • R0210Disability-Morbidity risk
  • R0220Life-expense risk
  • R0230Revision risk
  • R0240Lapse risk
  • R0250Life catastrophe risk
  • R0255Other life underwriting risk
  • R0260Diversification within life underwriting risk
  • R0270Life underwriting risk

Column

  • C0010c

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual group (ARG) return on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual group (ARG) 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.

Show the formulaShow

The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

{t: IR.25.04.04.01, r: R0270, c: C0010} = sum({t: IR.25.04.04.01, r: R0190; R0200; R0210; R0220; R0230; R0240; R0250; R0255; R0260, c: C0010})

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.25.04

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