1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Non-life annuities information: the total of all annuities should equal the sum of those annuities over N years (IR.16.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv2217)

A blocking check on the non-life annuities information template (IR.16.01), in the annual solo (ARS) and annual third-country branch (ARB) returns.

The rule in plain words

The total of all annuities should equal the sum of those annuities over N years

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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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.16.01 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

Non-life annuities information (IR.16.01.01.02)

Rows

  • R0040Prior years
  • R0050N-14
  • R0060N-13
  • R0070N-12
  • R0080N-11
  • R0090N-10
  • R0100N-9
  • R0110N-8
  • R0120N-7
  • R0130N-6
  • R0140N-5
  • R0150N-4
  • R0160N-3
  • R0170N-2
  • R0180N-1
  • R0190N
  • R0200Total

Columns

  • C0020Undiscounted annuity claims provisions at the start of year N
  • C0040Annuity payments paid during year N
  • C0050Undiscounted annuity claims provisions at the end of year N
  • C0060Number of annuities obligations at the end of year N
  • C0070Best Estimate for annuity claims provisions at the end of year N (discounted basis)

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.

Show the formulaShow

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

{t: IR.16.01.01.02, r: R0200, z: Z0001} = sum({t: IR.16.01.01.02, r: R0040; R0050; R0060; R0070; R0080; R0090; R0100; R0110; R0120; R0130; R0140; R0150; R0160; R0170; R0180; R0190, z: Z0001})

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.16.01

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.