It's the process where an insurance company steps into your shoes to recover funds from the party responsible for your injury. Cozen O'Connor is the world's leading subrogation and recovery law firm.We founded our subrogation and recovery practice in 1970. The act of subrogation primarily occurs between your insurance company and that of another person's insurance company. 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. Since your insurance company paid the full amount of the subrogation claim on your behalf, they now inherit your right to recover that portion of the loss. Subrogation means your insurance company can recover the money it paid to you for your injury from the at-fault party that caused your injury. Without subrogation, you would have a double recovery, which is not fair to the insurance companies.