The Visibility Index
Ontario · commercial August 2026 edition Captured Jul 14–16 Next refresh Aug 1 24 searches
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Business insurance in Ontario: who ranks, and who gets cited

Intact leads both the organic results and the AI citations in Ontario, which is unusual: it is the less common of the two outcomes. An AI Overview appeared on 87.5% of the 24 searches tracked here, citing an average of 7.5 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO Intact Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Intact Cited in 27.8% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO No local pack

Organic visibility

Indexed to the Ontario leader
Organic visibility by carrier in Ontario, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 Intact 100
02 TD Insurance 80.4
03 Co-operators 31.2
04 The Hartford 14.9
05 Travelers 14.1
06 Desjardins 8.9
07 RBC Insurance 7.3
08 Progressive 3.9
09 Nationwide 3.7
10 AMA 1.9

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in Ontario, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Intact 27.8%
02 TD Insurance 27.8%
03 Aviva Canada 11.1%
04 Chubb 11.1%
05 Co-operators 11.1%
06 Desjardins 11.1%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in Ontario, commercial insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 agency 28.7%
02 unknown 27.4%
03 aggregator 17.2%
04 carrier 11.5%
05 forum 7.6%
06 regulator 5.7%
07 publisher 1.3%
08 vendor 0.6%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in Ontario, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 Intact 26.3%
02 TD Insurance 21.1%
03 Chubb 10.5%
04 Desjardins 10.5%
05 The Hartford 5.3%
06 NEXT Insurance 5.3%
07 Aviva Canada 5.3%
08 Co-operators 5.3%
09 Federated Insurance 5.3%
10 TechInsurance 5.3%

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

What these searches return

By intent, 24 searches
AI Overview presence by search intent in Ontario, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
comparison 100%
cost 100%
head 100%
informational 100%
quote 100%
line specific 85.7%
near me 0%
Ontario · Auto · 24 captures · Jul 2026

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the Ontario leader, share of sources cited in AI Overviews, share of answers naming a carrier, and Local Pack presence. Same 24 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.