SETUP

First screen, “SETUP”, where users enter the home country, reference date and return type of the return to be created:

Then once these are entered (the system will populate country, reference date and return type based on the last return’s created profile) and user progresses to the next screen, in all the following screens (which starts with the main, COMPANY, screen like before) the options available and the associated help guidance etc. are tailored to that home country’s regime for that reference date and return type. For example, selecting 31st December 2023 for a EEA-based home country will make available various new options related to the 2.8 taxonomy changes; while selecting UK or GI for the same reference date will still show the “old” guidance relating to 2.6 as this is the active regime for these territories (and for 2024 and UK/GI this will reflect the upcoming “Solvency UK” changes).

Note: Company name, Reference date, Return Type and Country could be selected or changed only in this SETUP tab and could not be changed in the next tabs. So if you need to change them you will need to go back to SETUP tab.

Return Type

You must select return type: Annual, Quarterly, or Technical.
Note: The Setup screens are the same whether for annual or quarterly and reflect the profile of the company (not the profile of annual vs quarterly returns). Please fill in all the appropriate information from the perspective of the Company e.g. complete the information on which annual reinsurance templates apply, even if you are creating a quarterly return. We request the return type in this screen to cover (very very exceptional cases) where the regulatory rules are different between annual and quarterly returns of the same reference date (and hence some of the information requested differs).

Technical – this is only to be used when specifically directed by your national supervisory authority to submit using the “Technical entry point”.

Note: Going back to SETUP tab will lose any changes made since leaving the setup page and these should be re-applied again later. eg. if you have changed the reporting currency but then went back to the Setup and forward again to Company tab the change made to the Reporting currency will be lost and you will need to re-apply it