The rule in plain words
Operational and other risks = sum of parts
What to do if your return fails it
- 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 02Add up the parts in your return and compare the result with the total.
- 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
- 04The Bank of England allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
- 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.25.04 as reported.
- 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.25.04.01.01)
Rows
- R0422Operational risk
- R0424Other risks
- R0430Operational and other risks
Column
- C0010c
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
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.25.04.01.01, r: R0430, c: C0010} = sum({t: IR.25.04.01.01, r: R0422; R0424, c: C0010})Other rules on Solvency capital requirement (IR.25.04)
- Solvency capital requirement: operational and other risks = sum of parts (IR_bv2044_02)Blocking
- Solvency capital requirement: non-life underwriting risk = sum of parts (IR_bv2043_01)Blocking
- Solvency capital requirement: non-life underwriting risk = sum of parts (IR_bv2043_02)Blocking
- Solvency capital requirement: total before diversification between risk modules = sum of risk modules (IR_bv2045_01)Blocking
- Solvency capital requirement: total before diversification between risk modules = sum of risk modules (IR_bv2045_02)Blocking
- Solvency capital requirement: health underwriting risk = sum of parts (IR_bv2042_01)Blocking
- Solvency capital requirement: health underwriting risk = sum of parts (IR_bv2042_02)Blocking
- Solvency capital requirement: total after diversification = total before diversification + diversification (IR_bv2046_01)Blocking
Every Solvency UK rule on IR.25.04
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.
