subrogation

British

/ ˌsʌbrəˈɡeɪʃən /

noun

law the substitution of one person or thing for another, esp the placing of a surety who has paid the debt in the place of the creditor, entitling him to payment from the original debtor

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The investors are aiming to buy so-called subrogation claims from insurance companies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

Ronald Ryder at Oppenheimer & Co., a New York investment firm, told Welsh in an email on April 15 that his company was currently trading the subrogation claims.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

But he and other practitioners of health care subrogation say it reduces health insurance costs, allowing lower premiums for all employees.

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2018

Rawlings boasts on its website that he literally wrote the book on subrogation law and has “an unbeaten record of recovering more money for health plans than any of our competitors”

From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2018

Sur′rogāteship; Surrogā′tion, subrogation; Surrogā′tum, that which comes in place of something else.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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