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Business insurance board · August 2026

California

United States
Searches tracked
24
AI Overview rate
87.5%
Sources per answer
7.5
Locator United States

Business insurance in California: who ranks, and who gets cited

The Hartford leads the organic results in California. Progressive Commercial is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. 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 The Hartford Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO Progressive Commercial Cited in 21.5% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service 10.1% of map slots across 11 metros

Organic visibility

Indexed to the California leader
Organic visibility by carrier in California, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 The Hartford 100
02 Progressive Commercial 79.2
03 NEXT Insurance 52.4
04 GEICO 49.2
05 Nationwide 15.7
06 Hiscox 15.5
07 Allstate 14.8
08 biBERK 12.3
09 Travelers 11.1
10 Chubb 5.8

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in California, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 Progressive Commercial 21.5%
02 The Hartford 20.4%
03 NEXT Insurance 19.4%
04 GEICO 8.6%
05 Hiscox 4.3%
06 Nationwide 4.3%
07 Travelers 4.3%
08 Allstate 3.2%
09 Federated Insurance 2.2%
10 Liberty Mutual 2.2%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in California, commercial insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 carrier 55.7%
02 forum 14.4%
03 aggregator 6.6%
04 agency 6%
05 publisher 6%
06 regulator 4.2%
07 payroll 3.6%
08 unknown 3%
09 security vendor 0.6%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in California, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 GEICO 15.6%
02 Progressive 10.9%
03 The Hartford 10.9%
04 Allstate 9.4%
05 Hiscox 9.4%
06 Nationwide 9.4%
07 NEXT Insurance 9.4%
08 Progressive Commercial 9.4%
09 Travelers 4.7%
10 biBERK 3.1%

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 California, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
unclassified 87.5%
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Local pack by metro

11 metros measured in California
Local pack leader in each California metro, August 2026
#MetroLeading business Share of slotsBusinessesRating
01 Riverside Riverside Insurance Agency Inc. 29.7% 10 4.8
02 Anaheim Anaheim Insurance & Vehicle 30.6% 9 4.9
03 Bakersfield InsureOne Insurance 30.6% 10 5
04 Fresno Fiesta Auto Insurance & Tax Service 52.8% 6 4.9
05 Long Beach Only Way Insurance Services 27.8% 8 4.8
06 Los Angeles Cost-U-Less Insurance 22.2% 13 4.8
07 Oakland Near By Insurance Agency 30.6% 9 5
08 Sacramento Cost-U-Less Insurance 19.4% 11 4.6
09 San Diego Let's Insure 33.3% 7 5
10 San Francisco Donald Browne Insurance Services, formerly, John A Morton Insurance Agency 25% 10 4.8
11 San Jose Acceptance Insurance 27.8% 8 4.9

Near-me searches are measured per metro, not per state. Each metro has its own board.

Every source the AI cites

40 domains · not only insurers

The citation table above lists insurers only. This one lists everything the answer actually pointed at, which is a different picture: in California, insurers are 55.7% of cited sources and comparison sites are 6.6%.

Every domain cited in AI answers for California, August 2026
#SourceType Share of citations
01 YouTube
youtube.com
Forums
13.2%
02 Progressive Commercial
progressivecommercial.com
Insurers
12%
03 The Hartford
thehartford.com
Insurers
11.4%
04 NEXT Insurance
nextinsurance.com
Insurers
10.8%
05 GEICO
geico.com
Insurers
4.8%
06 Hiscox
hiscox.com
Insurers
2.4%
07 Nationwide
nationwide.com
Insurers
2.4%
08 Travelers
travelers.com
Insurers
2.4%
09 Allstate
allstate.com
Insurers
1.8%
10 Forbes Advisor
forbes.com
Publishers
1.8%
11 Insurance Brokers of Arizona
insurancebrokersofaz.com
Agencies
1.8%
12 Simply Business
simplybusiness.com
Comparison sites
1.8%
13 biBERK
biberk.com
Insurers
1.2%
14 Federated Insurance
federatedinsurance.com
Insurers
1.2%
15 Investopedia
investopedia.com
Comparison sites
1.2%
16 Liberty Mutual
libertymutual.com
Insurers
1.2%
17 Paychex
paychex.com
Payroll platforms
1.2%
18 Reddit
reddit.com
Forums
1.2%
19 US Small Business Administration
sba.gov
Regulators
1.2%
20 TechInsurance
techinsurance.com
Comparison sites
1.2%
21 US News
usnews.com
Publishers
1.2%
22 New York WCB
wcb.ny.gov
Regulators
1.2%
23 Acrisure
acrisure.com
Agencies
0.6%
24 Baldwin Risk Partners
baldwin.com
Agencies
0.6%
25 Business News Daily
businessnewsdaily.com
Publishers
0.6%
26 cslb.ca.gov
cslb.ca.gov
unknown
0.6%
27 Cynet
cynet.com
Security vendors
0.6%
28 Darden Miranda
dardenmiranda.com
Agencies
0.6%
29 DC DISB
disb.dc.gov
Regulators
0.6%
30 dwd.wisconsin.gov
dwd.wisconsin.gov
unknown
0.6%
31 Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Publishers
0.6%
32 FPA Insurance
fpa.insure
Agencies
0.6%
33 Federal Trade Commission
ftc.gov
Regulators
0.6%
34 Gusto
gusto.com
Payroll platforms
0.6%
35 Insurance Information Institute
iii.org
Publishers
0.6%
36 Insurance Navy
insurancenavy.com
Agencies
0.6%
37 Insurance Training Center
insurancetrainingcenter.com
Publishers
0.6%
38 InsuredBetter
insuredbetter.com
Comparison sites
0.6%
39 Insureon
insureon.com
Comparison sites
0.6%
40 Homebase
joinhomebase.com
Payroll platforms
0.6%

Types are assigned from a published list. A source we cannot classify with confidence is left unclassified rather than guessed at.

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the California leader, share of sources cited in AI Overviews, share of answers naming a carrier, and Local Pack presence. The first three use the same 24 searches captured August 2026. Local Pack comes from a separate set of near-me searches measured per metro, joined here.

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.