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

The Hartford leads both the organic results and the AI citations in Maryland, which is unusual: it is the less common of the two outcomes. An AI Overview appeared on 83.3% of the 24 searches tracked here, citing an average of 7.8 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO The Hartford Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO The Hartford Cited in 27% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO No local pack

Organic visibility

Indexed to the Maryland leader
Organic visibility by carrier in Maryland, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 The Hartford 100
02 Progressive 77.1
03 GEICO 45.6
04 NEXT Insurance 25.9
05 Nationwide 23.2
06 Hiscox 16
07 Allstate 12.7
08 Travelers 11.3
09 Liberty Mutual 9.1
10 Chubb 8.1

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in Maryland, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 The Hartford 27%
02 Progressive 21.6%
03 NEXT Insurance 10.8%
04 GEICO 8.1%
05 Nationwide 6.8%
06 Liberty Mutual 5.4%
07 Hiscox 4.1%
08 Allstate 2.7%
09 Travelers 2.7%
10 USAA 2.7%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in Maryland, commercial insurance, August 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 carrier 47.7%
02 forum 10.3%
03 agency 9%
04 aggregator 7.7%
05 regulator 7.1%
06 unknown 7.1%
07 publisher 6.5%
08 vendor 4.5%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in Maryland, commercial insurance, August 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 GEICO 17.6%
02 Progressive 11.8%
03 NEXT Insurance 11.8%
04 Nationwide 9.8%
05 The Hartford 9.8%
06 Hiscox 7.8%
07 Allstate 5.9%
08 Travelers 5.9%
09 USAA 3.9%
10 TechInsurance 3.9%

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 Maryland, August 2026
Search intentReturned an AI Overview
comparison 100%
head 100%
informational 100%
quote 100%
line specific 85.7%
cost 66.7%
near me 0%
Maryland · Auto · 24 captures · Jul 2026

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What is on this page position-weighted organic visibility indexed to the Maryland 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.