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UK Insurance AI Readability 2026

As of 1 October 2026, the median UK insurance site scored 44 out of 100 on the Crane Index™, the measure of how readably a site presents itself to AI engines. Across the 124 sites a machine could read, scores ran from 20 to 77, a 57-point gap between the strongest and the weakest.

What this measures. The score reads how readably a site presents itself to AI engines: entity markup, structured data and machine resolvability. It is not a measure of design, brand or quality. A site can look excellent to a person and still be hard for a machine to read, and a low score is a readability finding, never a judgement on the business.

44
Median / 100
57
Point gap (20 to 77)
124
Sites read of 181
4
Cleared 70+

The field in 2026

The field was led by Everest at 77, with Next Insurance next at 76. 4 sites cleared 70 out of 100, and 37 scored below 40.

At the foot of the field sat Samsung Life Insurance at 20, Atradius at 21, Aegon at 21. Each is a site a machine struggled to read, not a business doing anything other than well at what it does.

The full 2026 ranking

Composite out of 100, with the three reads behind it: AI Search Readiness (retrieval), Agent Readiness (execution) and Brand Representation.

RankOrganisationCrane IndexSearchAgentBrand
1Everesteverestglobal.com/us-en77728376
2=Next Insurancenextinsurance.com76849055
2=State Farmstatefarm.com76788566
4Lansforsakringarlansforsakringar.se/stockholm/privat73678964
5Direct Linedirectline.com68699144
6Great Eastern Holdingsgreateasternlife.com/sg/en/personal-insurance.html67779133
7=Bajaj Allianzbajajgeneralinsurance.com66848134
7=Canopiuscanopius.com66738937
7=Howden Grouphowdengroup.com/us-en66736361
7=MetLifemetlife.com66736858
7=Royal Londonroyallondon.com66758737
7=Voya Financialvoya.com66647658
13=American International Groupaig.com/home65716360
13=Chubbchubb.com/us-en65638746
13=NFU Mutualnfumutual.co.uk65738734
16=Arch Capital Grouparchgroup.com64698737
16=Lemonadelemonade.com64686658
16=Ping An Insurancepingan.com64748336
16=Samposampo.com64686559
20=AMPamp.com.au63658043
20=Everywheneverywhen.co.uk63808525
20=MAPFREmapfre.com63728234
23=Alanalan.com61726545
23=New York Lifenewyorklife.com61687739
23=Oscar Healthhioscar.com61698628
26=Assurantassurant.com60588241
26=UnitedHealth Groupunitedhealthgroup.com60676646
28Elevance Healthelevancehealth.com59626352
29=Ameriprise Financialameriprise.com58558634
29=Legal & Generallegalandgeneral.com58756337
29=Molina Healthcaremolinahealthcare.com58697530
29=Suramericanasuramericana.com58668523
33=Gjensidigegjensidige.com57626940
33=Phoenix Groupstandardlifeplc.com57657136
35=Arthur J. Gallagherajg.com56578625
35=Hamilton Insurance Grouphamiltongroup.com56628323
35=Inigo Insuranceinigoinsurance.com56607928
35=Principal Financial Groupprincipal.com56636343
39Sagasaga.co.uk55656634
40=Cignacigna.com54637128
40=Fairfax Financialfairfax.ca54577828
42=Aflacaflac.com53657123
42=Convex Groupconvexin.com53638213
42=Kaiser Permanentehealthy.kaiserpermanente.org/front-door53646926
42=Medibankmedibank.com.au53715237
42=NN Groupnn-group.com53636332
47=Farmers Insurancefarmers.com50584746
47=Santamsantam.co.za50546332
49=Brit Insurancebritinsurance.com49476931
49=Ki Insuranceki-insurance.com4957828
49=The Travelers Companiestravelers.com49616323
52=PartnerRepartnerre.com48597610
52=Reinsurance Group of Americargare.com48546228
52=Ryan Specialtyryanspecialty.com4848898
55=iA Financial Groupia.ca4770638
55=Storebrandstorebrand.no47576815
57=Brown & Brownus.bbrown.com46547113
57=FWD Groupfwd.com/en46443460
57=Manulifemanulife.com/ca/en/personal46536323
60=Assicurazioni Generaligenerali.com45457120
60=Zurich Insurance Groupzurich.com45586610
62=CNP Assurancescnp.fr/particuliers4455688
62=Guardian Lifeguardianlife.com44576313
62=Locktonglobal.lockton.com/us/en44586213
62=Talanxtalanx.com/en44426228
66=American Family Insuranceamfam.com43446618
66=GEICOgeico.com43526513
66=Hippohippo.com4358628
69=Aonaon.com/en42506213
69=AXIS Capitalaxiscapital.com42436518
69=Corebridge Financialcorebridgefinancial.com42476810
69=Discovery Limiteddiscovery.co.za42446913
69=Ecclesiasticalecclesiastical.com42506213
69=esureesure.com42536210
69=Marsh McLennanmarsh.com/en/home.html42556210
69=Northwestern Mutualnorthwesternmutual.com42535913
69=Progressiveprogressive.com42496313
69=W. R. Berkleyberkley.com42516213
79=Acrisureacrisure.com41456215
79=Porto Seguroportoseguro.com.br41496213
79=Root Insurancejoinroot.com41476215
79=SCORscor.com/en41436813
79=Thriventthrivent.com41486313
84=Atheneathene.com4047668
84=Cincinnati Financialcinfin.com40476310
84=Co-operatorscooperators.ca/en/personal40496210
84=Steadfast Groupsteadfast.com.au4051628
88=Aetnaaetna.com39525610
88=Chaucer Groupchaucergroup.com3941688
88=Prudential plcprudentialplc.com/en39426213
88=Sun Life Financialsunlife.com/en39505610
88=UNIQA Insurance Groupuniqagroup.com/grp/home.de.html3947638
88=USI Insurance Servicesusi.com39376515
94=Coalitioncoalitioninc.com38396313
94=Florida Bluefloridablue.com38406310
94=Health Care Service Corporationhcsc.com38396213
94=Markelmarkel.com38436210
94=Old Mutualoldmutual.com38405518
94=Vienna Insurance Groupgroup.vig38475313
100=AXAaxa.com37366213
100=Centenecentene.com3745598
100=Great-West Lifecogreatwestlifeco.com37425810
100=Hannover Rehannover-re.com/en3744588
100=Unumunum.com3740628
100=Wefoxwefox.com3741618
106=Fidelity National Financialfnf.com36366210
106=First Americanfirstam.com36475010
106=MGICmgic.com3637628
106=Pacific Lifepacificlife.com3637628
106=Sanlamsanlam.com36376210
111=Munich Remunichre.com/en.html35445010
111=Sabre Insurancesabreplc.co.uk35365613
113=Achmeaachmea.nl/en3435588
113=Trygtryg.com/en3437588
115=Beazleybeazley.com33285515
115=China Life Insurancechinalife.com.cn33246115
115=China Pacific Insurancecpic.com.cn33295613
118Suncorpsuncorpgroup.com.au3125598
119Helvetiahelvetia-baloise.com/corporate/hb/de/home.html2835408
120Samsung Fire & Marinesamsungfire.com2721528
121Equitable Holdingsequitable.com24223415
122=Aegonaegon.com21133415
122=Atradiusatradius.com21153415
124Samsung Life Insurancesamsunglife.com2017348

Download this edition: the full field as a spreadsheet (CSV), or the same run as JSON. Licensed CC BY 4.0, so it is yours to publish and build on with attribution. Every unreadable site carries empty score cells, never a zero.

This is the fixed 2026 edition, pinned to the scan measured 1 October 2026, so the figures on it do not change. The live field, re-run on the first of each month, is on the current Insurance benchmark. For how the score is built, see the methodology.

Licensed CC BY 4.0. Cite as: The Crane Index™, UK Insurance AI readability 2026, The Crane Consultancy, measured 1 October 2026. https://thecraneconsultancy.com/research/insurance-ai-readability-2026/

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