Note: The key difference between subrogation and a regular insurance claim is who's being paid. Subrogation is a legal concept that often comes up in the personal injury context after a settlement agreement has been reached.This is called subrogation. State Farm will try, to the extent that you're not liable for the accident, to recover all or a portion of the deductible you paid. A subrogation receipt transferring the insured's entire causes of action to the insurer allows the insurer to recover in the insured's name for the entire loss,. The main purpose of this paper is to consider the procedural and substantive aspects of the doctrine of subrogation, from the point of view of an insurer. Subrogation is, according to the I.R.S., a recovery of a previously deducted loss.