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Business insurance board · September 2026

Montana

United States
Searches tracked
24
AI Overview rate
91.7%
Sources per answer
6.9
Locator United States

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

The Hartford leads the organic results in Montana. NEXT Insurance is cited most in AI answers. They are different brands, which is true in most geographies we measure. An AI Overview appeared on 91.7% of the 24 searches tracked here, citing an average of 6.9 sources.

Discipline 01 · Best insurance SEO The Hartford Organic visibility 100 / 100
Discipline 02 · Best insurance GEO NEXT Insurance Cited in 16.7% of carrier citations
Discipline 03 · Best local SEO No local pack

Organic visibility

Indexed to the Montana leader
Organic visibility by carrier in Montana, commercial insurance, September 2026
#CarrierVisibility index
01 The Hartford 100
02 Progressive Commercial 63.9
03 biBERK 62.4
04 Nationwide 52
05 Hiscox 46.8
06 GEICO 38.7
07 Travelers 31.2
08 NEXT Insurance 27.1
09 Farmers 20.8
10 Chubb 15.8

AI citation share

Share of carrier citations
Share of AI Overview citations by carrier in Montana, commercial insurance, September 2026
#CarrierShare of carrier citations
01 NEXT Insurance 16.7%
02 The Hartford 16.7%
03 Progressive Commercial 15.3%
04 GEICO 12.5%
05 Nationwide 8.3%
06 Allstate 5.6%
07 Hiscox 4.2%
08 Travelers 4.2%
09 Thimble 2.8%
10 Chubb 1.4%

Who Google cites

All sources, not only carriers
Types of source cited in AI Overviews in Montana, commercial insurance, September 2026
#Source typeShare of citations
01 carrier 45.6%
02 aggregator 12%
03 forum 10.1%
04 agency 9.5%
05 unknown 9.5%
06 publisher 5.1%
07 payroll 3.8%
08 association 1.9%
09 security vendor 1.3%
10 social 0.6%
11 software 0.6%

Named in the answer

Mentions, not citations
Carriers named in AI Overview text in Montana, commercial insurance, September 2026
#CarrierShare of mentions
01 The Hartford 17.9%
02 GEICO 16.1%
03 Nationwide 12.5%
04 Allstate 7.1%
05 Hiscox 7.1%
06 NEXT Insurance 7.1%
07 Progressive 5.4%
08 Progressive Commercial 5.4%
09 Travelers 5.4%
10 State Farm 3.6%

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

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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 Montana, insurers are 45.6% of cited sources and comparison sites are 12%.

Every domain cited in AI answers for Montana, September 2026
#SourceType Share of citations
01 YouTube
youtube.com
Forums
8.2%
02 NEXT Insurance
nextinsurance.com
Insurers
7.6%
03 The Hartford
thehartford.com
Insurers
7.6%
04 Progressive Commercial
progressivecommercial.com
Insurers
7%
05 GEICO
geico.com
Insurers
5.7%
06 Nationwide
nationwide.com
Insurers
3.8%
07 Allstate
allstate.com
Insurers
2.5%
08 Simply Business
simplybusiness.com
Comparison sites
2.5%
09 Hiscox
hiscox.com
Insurers
1.9%
10 Insureon
insureon.com
Comparison sites
1.9%
11 Travelers
travelers.com
Insurers
1.9%
12 US Chamber of Commerce
uschamber.com
Associations
1.9%
13 Insurance.com
insurance.com
Comparison sites
1.3%
14 Homebase
joinhomebase.com
Payroll platforms
1.3%
15 Money
money.com
Publishers
1.3%
16 NerdWallet
nerdwallet.com
Comparison sites
1.3%
17 Paychex
paychex.com
Payroll platforms
1.3%
18 Reddit
reddit.com
Forums
1.3%
19 TechInsurance
techinsurance.com
Comparison sites
1.3%
20 Thimble
thimble.com
Insurers
1.3%
21 US News
usnews.com
Publishers
1.3%
22 Wexford Insurance
wexfordins.com
Agencies
1.3%
23 Acrisure
acrisure.com
Agencies
0.6%
24 ADP
adp.com
Payroll platforms
0.6%
25 bbgbroker.com
bbgbroker.com
unknown
0.6%
26 W. R. Berkley
berkley.com
Insurers
0.6%
27 Chubb
chubb.com
Insurers
0.6%
28 comparisonquote.com
comparisonquote.com
unknown
0.6%
29 Confused.com
confused.com
Comparison sites
0.6%
30 Construction Coverage
constructioncoverage.com
Publishers
0.6%
31 Cornerstone Insurance
coveredbycornerstone.com
Agencies
0.6%
32 CoverLink Insurance
coverlink.com
Agencies
0.6%
33 Cynet
cynet.com
Security vendors
0.6%
34 Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Publishers
0.6%
35 Facebook
facebook.com
Social
0.6%
36 Farmer Brown Insurance
farmerbrown.com
Agencies
0.6%
37 finder.com
finder.com
unknown
0.6%
38 Forbes Advisor
forbes.com
Publishers
0.6%
39 Fortinet
fortinet.com
Security vendors
0.6%
40 guard.com
guard.com
unknown
0.6%

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

Where this board sits

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