The rule in plain words
'Total best estimate - gross' for 'Motor vehicle liability insurance' reported in template IR.17.01 (Non-Life Technical Provisions) should be greater than or equal to the sum of the 'Total best estimate - gross' over all countries reported in template IR.17.03 (Activity by country)
The headline gives only the template and the kind of check, because the rule is too long to say in a headline. The plain words above say all of it.
What to do if your return fails it
- 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 02Compare the values in your return. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
- 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.17.01 and IR.17.03 as reported.
- 04This is a warning. It does not stop the return on its own, but your supervisor may ask you to explain it.
The cells it reads
Non-life income and expenditure: non-life income, expenditure and business model analysis: reporting period (IR.05.04.01.01)
Row
- R1930Best estimate - gross of reinsurance
Column
- C0135All (lines of business 4 and 16)
Non-life best estimate liabilities by country (IR.17.03.01.01)
Row
- R0260Total Best estimate - gross
Column
- C0050Motor vehicle liability insurance
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 solo (ARS) and annual third-country branch (ARB) returns, as a warning.
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.17.03.01.01, r: R0260, c: C0050, z: Z0001} <= {t: IR.17.01.01.01, r: R0260, c: C0050}Other rules on Non-life income and expenditure (IR.05.04)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2495)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2497)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2494)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2498)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2493)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2499)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2500)
- Non-life income and expenditure and non-life best estimate liabilities by country: a value must not be more than another (IR_bv2501)
Every Solvency UK rule on IR.05.04
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.
