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British Columbia · auto August 2026 edition Captured Jul 14–16 Next refresh Aug 1 19 searches
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Car insurance in British Columbia: who ranks, and who gets cited

Allstate leads the organic results in British Columbia. Belairdirect is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 68.4% of the 19 searches tracked here, citing an average of 8.2 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO Allstate Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Belairdirect Cited in 19% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO No local pack

Organic visibility

Indexed to the British Columbia leader
Organic visibility by carrier in British Columbia, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 Allstate 100
02 TD Insurance 96.3
03 Belairdirect 87.3
04 CAA 73.3
05 RBC Insurance 58.5
06 Aviva Canada 57.8
07 Scotia Insurance 54.6
08 Co-operators 28.3
09 Intact 25.4
10 Progressive 24.8

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in British Columbia, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Belairdirect 19%
02 TD Insurance 19%
03 Allstate 14.3%
04 Intact 9.5%
05 Progressive 9.5%
06 Sonnet 9.5%
07 AMA 4.8%
08 Co-operators 4.8%
09 GEICO 4.8%
10 RBC Insurance 4.8%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in British Columbia, auto insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 aggregator 37.4%
02 carrier 19.6%
03 agency 12.1%
04 unknown 10.3%
05 forum 9.3%
06 publisher 6.5%
07 regulator 4.7%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in British Columbia, auto insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 Belairdirect 18.5%
02 Intact 14.8%
03 Allstate 11.1%
04 Sonnet 11.1%
05 Progressive 7.4%
06 Aviva Canada 7.4%
07 TD Insurance 7.4%
08 Co-operators 7.4%
09 GEICO 3.7%
10 Nationwide 3.7%

Being described in the answer and being cited as a source are different things.

What these searches return

By intent, 19 searches
AI Overview presence by search intent in British Columbia, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
comparison 100%
cost 100%
informational 100%
quote 33.3%
head 0%
near me 0%
British Columbia · Auto · 19 captures · Jul 2026

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the British Columbia leader, share of sources cited in AI Overviews, share of answers naming a carrier, and Local Pack presence. Same 19 searches for all four, captured July 2026.

Never combined the disciplines are reported separately and are not summed. A blended score would hide the only finding that matters, which is where they disagree.

Coverage Google AI Overviews only. ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude are separate surfaces and are not measured.