a method for identifying select ones of insurance records which possess a favorable subrogation potential . the method includes receiving data indicative of a plurality of claims ; automatically calculating a base score to identify select ones of the claims which demonstrate at least a given probability of expected subrogation recovery dependently upon the received data ; automatically identifying risk factors for each of the select claims ; and , automatically scoring each of the select claims dependently upon the base scores and identified risk factors to provide a value indicative of an expected subrogation recovery .