Renters Insurance: AI Visibility Market Discovery Index

Tracking how AI platforms recommend renters insurance. This public AI Visibility Market Discovery Index is updated monthly since August 2026.

By Mark Huntley, J.D.Growth Strategist & AI Discovery Analyst

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01Benchmark Summary
02Current Benchmark at a Glance
03Research Scope and Qualification
04Current Brand Standings
05How to Read the Standings
06Recommendation Coverage Movement
07Largest Increase: State Farm
08Category Leader: State Farm
09Recommendation Placement Snapshot
10Buyer-Intent Distribution
11Historical Measurement Record
12Evidence and Source Layer

Benchmark Summary

Questions This Section Answers

Which renters insurance brands lead the October 2026 benchmark, and how close is the top spot?
Which brands recorded the largest recommendation coverage increases this month?

State Farm leads the Renters Insurance category in October 2026 with valid recommendation coverage of 68.7%, up from 55.0% in August 2026. The gap to the next closest brand, USAA at 66.5% in October 2026, stands at 2.2 points.

The largest coverage increase came from State Farm, whose valid recommendation coverage rose to 68.7% in October 2026 from 47.4% in September 2026, a 21.3-point move that was the largest single-month gain recorded this month. Progressive recorded the next largest increase, rising to 40.9% in October 2026 from 23.1% in September 2026, a 17.8-point gain. No brand recorded a significant coverage decline in October 2026.

The month's movement was broad rather than isolated. Four brands moved beyond normal month-to-month variation: State Farm, USAA (to 66.5% in October 2026 from 46.7% in September 2026), Travelers (to 43.5% from 25.9%), and Progressive. Among brands classified as stable, Allstate rose to 41.7% in October 2026 from 31.4% in September 2026, a 10.3-point move that was the largest single-month change within that group. Against the full series since August 2026, Progressive (+13.2 points), State Farm (+13.7 points), USAA (+12.7 points), and Travelers (+10.9 points) all show cumulative gains that exceed normal variation.

The benchmark began with 800 prompt-surface observations in each month and produced 230 qualified observations in October 2026 after qualification.

AI recommendation trend

valid recommendation coverage, Aug 2026 to Oct 2026

State Farm68.7%
USAA66.5%
Amica51.3%
Travelers43.5%
Allstate41.7%
Progressive40.9%
Nationwide36.5%
Lemonade31.7%
Farmers20.4%
American Family Insurance11.3%

Current Benchmark at a Glance

Measure	Aug 2026	Oct 2026	Movement
Qualified benchmark observations	307	230	Down 77
Tracked brands	10	10	No change
Qualified surface breadth	6	6	No change
Recommendation-shaped answer share	40.1%	43.5%	Up 3.4 points
Valid recommendation shortlist share	56.0%	69.1%	Up 13.1 points
Leader by valid recommendation coverage	State Farm	State Farm	No change

Qualified surface breadth counts the canonical AI surface families with at least one qualified observation: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, and AI Mode, with keyword variants rolled into their parent families.

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For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Renters Insurance

Research Scope and Qualification

Questions This Section Answers

How many prompt-surface observations were collected, and how many qualified for the renters insurance benchmark?

Research stage	Aug 2026	Oct 2026	What it represents
Source prompt-surface observations	800	800	Total prompt-surface observations collected
Unique questions	650	649	Distinct questions included
Brand / competitor mentions	800	800	Observations naming a tracked brand
Relevant observations	336	254	Observations relevant to the vertical
Irrelevant observations	464	546	Observations set aside as irrelevant
Qualified benchmark observations	307	230	Public denominator for brand metrics

Brand-level percentages use the qualified observations as the public denominator, not the raw collection. AI Visibility Market Discovery Methodology.

Current Brand Standings

Questions This Section Answers

How do presence rate, valid recommendation coverage, top-three rate, and rank-one rate differ across the tracked renters insurance brands?
Which brands have the strongest net sentiment despite lower recommendation coverage?

Brand	Presence rate	Valid recommendation coverage	Top-three rate	Rank-one rate	Net sentiment
State Farm	99.6%	68.7%	58.3%	29.1%	0.74
USAA	94.8%	66.5%	28.3%	8.7%	0.73
Amica	60.4%	51.3%	35.6%	19.1%	0.91
Travelers	69.1%	43.5%	18.7%	5.2%	0.66
Allstate	85.2%	41.7%	9.1%	0.9%	0.49
Progressive	82.6%	40.9%	13.5%	0.0%	0.48
Nationwide	61.7%	36.5%	5.2%	1.3%	0.60
Lemonade	41.3%	31.7%	18.3%	2.6%	0.78
Farmers	54.8%	20.4%	0.9%	0.0%	0.36
American Family Insurance	26.1%	11.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.45

How to Read the Standings

Presence rate: Share of qualified observations where the brand is mentioned in any capacity.
Valid recommendation coverage: Share of qualified observations where the brand appears in a valid recommendation shortlist.
Top-three rate: Share of qualified observations where the brand is recommended within the top three positions.
Rank-one rate: Share of qualified observations where the brand is recommended first.
Net sentiment: Positive mentions minus negative mentions divided by total mentions, on a scale from -1 to 1.

For formulas and denominator rules, see AI Visibility Market Discovery Metric Definitions.

Recommendation Coverage Movement

Questions This Section Answers

Which renters insurance brands gained the most recommendation coverage since the August 2026 baseline?
How did State Farm's coverage movement compare with USAA, Progressive, and Travelers?

Brand	Aug 2026	Oct 2026	Movement since baseline
Allstate	35.8%	41.7%	Up 5.9 points
American Family Insurance	7.2%	11.3%	Up 4.1 points
Amica	43.0%	51.3%	Up 8.3 points
Farmers	21.2%	20.4%	Down 0.8 points
Lemonade	27.7%	31.7%	Up 4.0 points
Nationwide	32.9%	36.5%	Up 3.6 points
Progressive	27.7%	40.9%	Up 13.2 points
State Farm	55.0%	68.7%	Up 13.7 points
Travelers	32.6%	43.5%	Up 10.9 points
USAA	53.8%	66.5%	Up 12.7 points

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Largest Increase: State Farm

State Farm recorded the largest valid recommendation coverage gain in October 2026, rising to 68.7% from 47.4% in September 2026, a 21.3-point move beyond normal month-to-month variation. That follows a decline in the prior month, and the brand's cumulative gain since August 2026 stands at 13.7 points. State Farm's top-three rate rose to 58.3% in October 2026 from 43.0% in August 2026, a 15.3-point gain. Its rank-one rate reached 29.1% in October 2026, up from 26.7% in August 2026.

Category Leader: State Farm

State Farm holds the leadership position with valid recommendation coverage of 68.7% in October 2026, and its lead over USAA stands at 2.2 points. USAA also moved beyond normal variation this month, reaching 66.5% in October 2026 from 46.7% in September 2026. Amica, at 51.3% coverage in October 2026, posted the highest net sentiment among tracked brands at 0.91.

Lemonade increased its coverage in each of the two months since August 2026, reaching 31.7% in October 2026. The remaining brands, including Farmers and American Family Insurance, moved within normal month-to-month variation based on coverage changes from the August 2026 baseline.

Recommendation Placement Snapshot

Questions This Section Answers

How can two renters insurance brands with similar coverage have very different rank-one rates?
Where do State Farm, Amica, and USAA concentrate their recommendation placements?

Coverage shows how often a brand appears in a recommendation shortlist, but not how prominently it is placed. State Farm and USAA illustrate the distinction. State Farm's 68.7% coverage in October 2026 came with a top-three rate of 58.3% and a rank-one rate of 29.1%. USAA, at 66.5% coverage in October 2026, placed within the top three at a 28.3% rate and ranked first at an 8.7% rate.

Brand	Oct 2026 top-three rate	Oct 2026 rank-one rate	Aug 2026 top-three rate	Aug 2026 rank-one rate
State Farm	58.3%	29.1%	43.0%	26.7%
Amica	35.6%	19.1%	26.4%	15.6%
USAA	28.3%	8.7%	20.5%	4.6%

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Close coverage can still hide different first-position rates: USAA's 66.5% coverage in October 2026 came with an 8.7% rank-one rate, far below State Farm's 29.1% at similar coverage.

Buyer-Intent Distribution

All qualified observations in both months fell into the Brand Recommendation class.

Buyer-intent class	Aug 2026	Oct 2026
Brand Recommendation	307	230
Pricing & Value	0	0
Multi-Brand Comparison	0	0
Total qualified observations	307	230

The current public series measures brand-recommendation discovery only and does not yet contain qualified observations in pricing, value, or multi-brand comparison questions.

Historical Measurement Record

Measurement	Qualified observations	Coverage leader	Leader coverage	Largest coverage movement
August 2026	307	State Farm	55.0%	No comparable prior month
September 2026	255	State Farm	47.4%	Farmers, down 7.5 points
October 2026	230	State Farm	68.7%	State Farm, up 21.3 points

Evidence and Source Layer

This benchmark is built from prompt-level observations that retain the query, AI/search surface, answer, brand outcome, recommendation placement, sentiment, and, where exposed, citations or attributable evidence sources. Source presence is evidence about the information environment. It is not automatically proof that the source caused the recommendation.

Scope Boundaries

This public benchmark does not measure market share, attributable sales, every possible AI response, organic-search ranking, social mention volume, private or sponsored channels, or causality from a metric movement alone.

Top 10 Cited Domains

Questions This Section Answers

Which domains are cited most often across AI platform responses in the renters insurance category?
How concentrated are citations among the top domains, and do any brand-owned domains appear?

Across all AI platform responses in this measurement period, 6,907 citations were observed across 696 unique domains.

Rank	Domain	Citations	Share	Platforms citing
1	nerdwallet.com	607	8.8%	ChatGPT, Copilot, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
2	usnews.com	464	6.7%	Copilot, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
3	insurance.com	293	4.2%	ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
4	thezebra.com	288	4.2%	ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
5	insurify.com	286	4.1%	ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
6	google.com	259	3.7%	AI Mode, AI Overviews
7	lendingtree.com	244	3.5%	ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
8	marketwatch.com	196	2.8%	Copilot, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
9	cnbc.com	166	2.4%	ChatGPT, Copilot, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity
10	forbes.com	161	2.3%	ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Perplexity

Citation share is moderately concentrated: the top 10 domains together account for roughly 42.7% of all citations, with the remaining 686 domains dividing the rest. No tracked brand's own domain appears in the top 10. Comparison and review sites dominate the list, led by nerdwallet.com and usnews.com, alongside insurance-specific marketplaces like insurance.com, thezebra.com, and insurify.com. General financial news outlets such as marketwatch.com, cnbc.com, and forbes.com also appear, and google.com is cited only by the Google AI surfaces.

About This Benchmark

The LLM Authority Index AI Visibility Market Discovery Index tracks how major AI and search surfaces recommend brands within a vertical across six canonical surface families: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. It reports presence, recommendation coverage, placement, and sentiment as distinct signals.

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