1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Quantity of contracts/surplus/layers in reinsurance program' (C0050) should be more than zero (IR.30.03, Bank of England rule IR_bv3012)

A blocking check on the non-life outwards reinsurance contract information template (IR.30.03), in the annual solo (ARS) and annual third-country branch (ARB) returns.

The rule in plain words

Quantity of contracts/surplus/layers in reinsurance program' (C0050) should be more than zero

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value of zero or below in these cells.
  3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.30.03 as reported.
  4. 04This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Non-life outwards reinsurance contract information (IR.30.03.01.01)

Column

  • C0050Quantity of contracts/surplus/layers in reinsurance program

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.30.03.01.01, c: C0050, z: Z0001} > 0

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.30.03

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.