Health Insurance · India · The CITE Index

AI search visibility for health insurance brands in India

Name: Health Insurance · The CITE Index · India
Creator: Cite Solutions
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The brands ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Mode recommend when an Indian buyer asks an unaided question. Updated nightly. Every claim links back to the verbatim engine answer that produced it.

Brands tracked

11

Editions to date

44

Engines

03

Open today's edition4 Jul 2026 →Tata AIG Health appeared 5.5% more often in health insurance answers today than yesterday.

The Daily Fixing

3 engines · live

ChatGPT#1 today

Niva Bupa

87.8%

▲+2.1% vs prev

Gemini#1 today

HDFC ERGO Health

87.8%

▲+87.8% vs prev

AI Mode#1 today

HDFC ERGO Health

83.7%

▲+83.7% vs prev

Timeline · 44 editions

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Previously on The CITE Index

3 prior chapters

Editor's note

4 July 2026 · 21:00 IST

Cite Solutions Research

Tata AIG Health appeared 5.5% more often in health insurance answers today than yesterday.

The move

HDFC ERGO Health held the lead, named in 85.7% of health insurance answers (rank 1). The biggest day-over-day move was Tata AIG Health, which appeared 5.5% more often than yesterday.

Each engine still picks its own favourite — ChatGPT recommended Niva Bupa most, Gemini led with HDFC ERGO Health, and Google AI Mode pointed to HDFC ERGO Health.

What it means

Awaiting editorial review. The reading above is auto-generated from today's data; a Cite Solutions Research analyst will replace this paragraph with a structural read of the day.

What moved this — the receipts

5 cited

HDFC ERGO Health
Growing citationChatGPT
17 → 22 cites (+5) on CHATGPT
mwealth / insure / how much health insurance cover do you need heres the ideal com.economictimes.com/wealth/insure/how-much-health-insurance-cover-do-you-need-heres-the-ideal-cover-for-10-lakh-20-lakh-30-lakh-and-50-lakh-annual-income-as-per-experts/articleshow/131964723.cms
ICICI Lombard Health
Growing citationChatGPT
6 → 10 cites (+4) on CHATGPT
ahealth insurance plansaxismaxlife.com/health-insurance-plans
Niva Bupa
Growing citationChatGPT
3 → 6 cites (+3) on CHATGPT
mmanipalcigna.commanipalcigna.com
Acko Health
Growing citationChatGPT
3 → 6 cites (+3) on CHATGPT
pblog / top health insurance companies indiapazcare.com/blog/top-health-insurance-companies-india
HDFC ERGO Health
New citationChatGPT
3 new cites today, primary on CHATGPT
pbest critical illness health insurancepolicyjack.com/best-critical-illness-health-insurance

Trajectory · top 5

44 days

Share of voice (%)

Brand position map

Rank × mentions · per engine

11 brands

Top-left = high mentions, top rank. Bottom-right = high mentions but lower rank — coverage exists but the model isn't placing the brand first.

Engine divergence

2 different winners today

Today's three engines do not agree on the #1 brand. This is what makes a serious AI visibility audit different from a single-engine snapshot: ChatGPT leads with Niva Bupa; Gemini leads with HDFC ERGO Health; AI Mode leads with HDFC ERGO Health.

Today's metrics

Today's leader

HDFC ERGO Health

85.7% share of voice across all engines

Biggest mover

Tata AIG Health

+5.5% on the day

ChatGPT leader

Niva Bupa

87.8% on ChatGPT only

Engine gaps

5

brands invisible on 1+ engines

Per-engine verdict

ChatGPT

Today's winner

Niva Bupa

87.8% share of voice on this engine

Top 3 here

Gemini

Today's winner

HDFC ERGO Health

87.8% share of voice on this engine

Top 3 here

AI Mode

Today's winner

HDFC ERGO Health

83.7% share of voice on this engine

Top 3 here

Full lineup

11 brands · 3 engines

#BrandSoV1-day Δ3-day

Mentions

01

HDFC ERGO Health85.7%▼2.1%

85.7%#2

87.8%#1

83.7%#1

126

02

Niva Bupa81.0%▼2.0%

87.8%#1

81.6%#2

73.5%#2

119

03

Aditya Birla Health66.0%▼3.4%

0%#999

97

04

Care Health48.3%▼1.4%

0%#999

71

05

Star Health36.8%▼2.0%

0%#999

54

06

ICICI Lombard Health34.0%▼0.7%

0%#999

50

07

Tata AIG Health21.8%▲5.5%

14.3%#7

20.4%#6

30.6%#6

32

08

ManipalCigna12.9%▼0.7%

0%#999

19

09

Bajaj Allianz Health12.9%▼4.8%

12.2%#8

20.4%#7

6.1%#11

19

10

Acko Health10.9%▲0.7%

8.2%#10

10.2%#9

14.3%#9

16

11

Plum Insurance6.1%▼1.4%

4.1%#11

10.2%#10

9

Head-to-head

Who AI recommends more

HDFC ERGO HealthvsNiva Bupa

HDFC ERGO HealthvsAditya Birla Health

HDFC ERGO HealthvsCare Health

HDFC ERGO HealthvsStar Health

Niva BupavsAditya Birla Health

Niva BupavsCare Health

Niva BupavsStar Health

Aditya Birla HealthvsCare Health

Aditya Birla HealthvsStar Health

Care HealthvsStar Health

Source pool

Hover for engine split

0 domains

DomainCitesEngine splitLead

Sentiment composition

PositiveNeutralCautiousNegative

HDFC ERGO Health56/40/2/2

Niva Bupa42/56/1/1

Aditya Birla Health51/43/2/4

Care Health34/56/7/3

Star Health17/80/4/0

ICICI Lombard Health46/52/2/0

Tata AIG Health25/75/0/0

Engine fan-out queries

No fan-out queries surfaced today.

No fan-out queries surfaced today.

No fan-out queries surfaced today.

Prompts run today

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Who runs this index

The CITE Index is built and published daily by Cite Solutions, a managed GEO agency, using the same measurement pipeline we run for client brands. If you want to know how your own brand shows up when buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Google AI Mode about health insurance or any other category, run an AI visibility audit and get the same per-prompt receipts you see on this page.