The rule in plain words
The sum of claims incurred reported in IR.14.01 must equal total gross claims incurred reported in IR.05.03
What to do if your return fails it
- 01Open the tables 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- 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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.05.03 and IR.14.01 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
Life income and expenditure (IR.05.03.01.01)
Rows
- R0130Gross
- R0260Claims management expenses
Column
- C0070Total life and health
Life obligations analysis (IR.14.01.01.01)
Column
- C0070Claims paid
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}.
sum({t: IR.14.01.01.01, c: C0070}) = sum({t: IR.05.03.01.01, r: R0130; R0260, c: C0070})Other rules on Life income and expenditure (IR.05.03)
- Life income and expenditure: total = sum of parts (IR_bv2074_01)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: total = sum of parts (IR_bv2074_02)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross expenses = sum of components (IR_bv2073_01)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2072_01)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2072_02)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2071_01)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2071_02)Blocking
- Life income and expenditure: premiums written: gross = gross direct business + gross reinsurance accepted (IR_bv2070_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.
