--- title: "Cove Insurance vs FMG Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Cove Insurance or FMG Insurance? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the car and home insurers set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cove-insurance-vs-fmg-insurance" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Cove Insurance vs FMG Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Cove Insurance or FMG Insurance? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the car and home insurers set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Cove Insurance and FMG Insurance - **Competitive set**: car and home insurers - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Cove Insurance Share of Search**: 2.3% - **FMG Insurance Share of Search**: 3.2% ## Which is more popular in search, Cove Insurance or FMG Insurance? - In August 2026, FMG Insurance had more branded searches than Cove Insurance among car and home insurers in New Zealand. FMG Insurance was estimated to have 10.6K branded searches compared to Cove Insurance’s 7.7K, and held a 3.2% Share of Search versus Cove Insurance’s 2.3%. - FMG Insurance was ahead of Cove Insurance in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Cove Insurance’s estimated Share of Search among car and home insurers in New Zealand moved from 2% to 2.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.3K to 7.7K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, FMG Insurance’s estimated Share of Search among car and home insurers in New Zealand moved from 3.5% to 3.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 11K to 10.6K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand car and home insurers in August 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Cove Insurance in New Zealand rose 21.1% over 11 measured months, from 6.3K to 7.7K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Cove Insurance estimated searches | Cove Insurance Share of Search | Cove Insurance rank | FMG Insurance estimated searches | FMG Insurance Share of Search | FMG Insurance rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 6.3K | 2% | 8 | 11K | 3.5% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 6.2K | 1.9% | 8 | 10.9K | 3.3% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 6.2K | 1.9% | 7 | 9K | 2.8% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 7.8K | 2.1% | 7 | 13.4K | 3.6% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 7.7K | 2.2% | 7 | 13.2K | 3.7% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 7.8K | 2% | 7 | 13.3K | 3.4% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 7.6K | 2.3% | 7 | 10.7K | 3.3% | 5 | | May 2026 | 7.7K | 2.3% | 7 | 10.8K | 3.3% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 7.8K | 2.3% | 7 | 13K | 3.9% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 7.7K | 2.4% | 7 | 10.7K | 3.3% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 7.7K | 2.3% | 7 | 10.6K | 3.2% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cove Insurance’s and FMG Insurance’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Cove Insurance**: Measured on the search terms “cove car insurance”, “cove car insurance nz”, “cove home insurance”, “Cove Insurance”, “cove insurance car”, “cove insurance near me”, “cove insurance new zealand”, “cove insurance nz”, “cove insurance reviews” and “coveinsurance”, summed into one figure. - **FMG Insurance**: Measured on the search terms “fmg car insurance”, “fmg contents insurance”, “fmg home insurance”, “fmg house insurance”, “FMG Insurance”, “fmg insurance new zealand”, “fmg insurance nz” and “insurance fmg”, summed into one figure. - [Cove Insurance profile](/demand/nz/brands/cove-insurance) - [FMG Insurance profile](/demand/nz/brands/fmg-insurance) - [All car and home insurers in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-car-and-home-insurers): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 brands. ## Methodology - [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which is more popular in search, Cove Insurance or FMG Insurance? In August 2026, FMG Insurance had more branded searches than Cove Insurance among car and home insurers in New Zealand. FMG Insurance was estimated to have 10.6K branded searches compared to Cove Insurance’s 7.7K, and held a 3.2% Share of Search versus Cove Insurance’s 2.3%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Cove Insurance vs FMG Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cove-insurance-vs-fmg-insurance This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cove-insurance-vs-fmg-insurance. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.