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1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Solvency capital requirement: a conditional check (IRR.25.04, Bank of England rule IR_bv3038_02)

A blocking check on the solvency capital requirement template (IRR.25.04), in the annual group (ARG) return.

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The rule in plain words

In Z0020, hierarchy options 1 to 3 must be reported only during ARS entry point, and options 4 to 5 must be only reported only during ARG entry point

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

  1. 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The check applies only when its first part holds in your return. When it does, the second part must hold too: fix the second part, or correct the first.
  3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark IRR.25.04 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

Solvency capital requirement (IRR.25.04.01.01)

Rows

  • R0070Interest rate risk
  • R0080Equity risk
  • R0090Property risk
  • R0100Spread risk
  • R0110Concentration risk
  • R0120Currency risk
  • R0125Other market risk
  • R0130Diversification within market risk
  • R0140Market risk
  • R0150Type 1 exposures
  • R0160Type 2 exposures
  • R0165Other counterparty risk
  • R0170Diversification within counterparty default risk
  • R0180Counterparty default risk
  • R0190Mortality risk
  • R0200Longevity risk
  • R0210Disability-Morbidity risk
  • R0220Life-expense risk
  • R0230Revision risk
  • R0240Lapse risk
  • R0250Life catastrophe risk
  • R0255Other life underwriting risk
  • R0260Diversification within life underwriting risk
  • R0270Life underwriting risk
  • R0280Health SLT risk
  • R0290Health non SLT risk
  • R0300Health catastrophe risk
  • R0305Other health underwriting risk
  • R0310Diversification within health underwriting risk
  • R0320Total health underwriting risk
  • R0330Non-life premium and reserve risk (ex catastrophe risk)
  • R0340Non-life catastrophe risk
  • R0350Lapse risk
  • R0355Other non-life underwriting risk
  • R0360Diversification within non-life underwriting risk
  • R0370Non-life underwriting risk
  • R0400Intangible asset risk
  • R0422Operational risk
  • R0424Other risks
  • R0430Operational and other risks

And 13 more.

Column

  • C0010c

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual group (ARG) return on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual group (ARG) 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}.

if count({t: IRR.25.04.01.01, r: R0070; R0080; R0090; R0100; R0110; R0120; R0125; R0130; R0140; R0150; R0160; R0165; R0170; R0180; R0190; R0200; R0210; R0220; R0230; R0240; R0250; R0255; R0260; R0270; R0280; R0290; R0300; R0305; R0310; R0320; R0330; R0340; R0350; R0355; R0360; R0370; R0400; R0422; R0424; R0430; R0432; R0434; R0436; R0438; R0440; R0450; R0455; R0460; R0472; R0474; R0480; R0490; R0495, c: C0010, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:PO] = [s2c_PU:x96] or [s2c_dim:PO] = [s2c_PU:x53] or [s2c_dim:PO] = [boec_s2c_PU:b5] or [s2c_dim:PO] = [boec_s2c_PU:b251] or [s2c_dim:PO] = [boec_s2c_PU:b252]}) >= 1 then count({t: IRR.25.04.01.01, r: R0070; R0080; R0090; R0100; R0110; R0120; R0125; R0130; R0140; R0150; R0160; R0165; R0170; R0180; R0190; R0200; R0210; R0220; R0230; R0240; R0250; R0255; R0260; R0270; R0280; R0290; R0300; R0305; R0310; R0320; R0330; R0340; R0350; R0355; R0360; R0370; R0400; R0422; R0424; R0430; R0432; R0434; R0436; R0438; R0440; R0450; R0455; R0460; R0472; R0474; R0480; R0490; R0495, c: C0010, z: Z0001, filter: [s2c_dim:PO] = [boec_s2c_PU:b251] or [s2c_dim:PO] = [boec_s2c_PU:b252]}) >= 1 else true()

Every Solvency UK rule on IRR.25.04

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