Agents who do not report to the company directly, instead reporting to other agents.
Insurance Encyclopedia
Sub Broker
An intermediary from whom another intermediary obtains reinsurance business to be placed.
Sub broker (Reinsurance)
An intermediary broker, from whom another broker acquires the reinsurance that needs to be placed.
Sub Limit
Any limit of insurance which exists within another limit. For example, special classes of property may be subject to a specified limit per occurrence, even though the policy has a higher overall limit.
Sub rosa films
Videotapes made without the knowledge of the subject; used to investigate suspicious claims in workers’ compensation cases.
Subacute care
See: intermediate care .
Subcapitation
Situation in which an organization using a capitated method of payment contracts with other providers on a capitated basis and shares a part of the original capitated premium (e.g., carve out services).
Subcategory
1. Fourth digit of a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM that further defines a three-digit category such as site, cause, or other characteristics. 2. Division under a category in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code book.
Subclassification
Fifth digit of a diagnostic code in ICD-9-CM that gives further specificity and makes a distinction between a code in a four-digit subcategory.
Subgroup number
Additional alpha characters or numbers assigned to a group number for the purpose of identification (e.g., two characters separated by a dash [SA-12345]).