--- title: "Cove Insurance vs Star Insure: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Cove Insurance or Star Insure? 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-star-insure" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Cove Insurance vs Star Insure: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Cove Insurance or Star Insure? 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 Star Insure - **Competitive set**: car and home insurers - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Cove Insurance Share of Search**: 2.3% - **Star Insure Share of Search**: 1.3% ## Which is more popular in search, Cove Insurance or Star Insure? - In August 2026, Cove Insurance had more branded searches than Star Insure among car and home insurers in New Zealand. Cove Insurance was estimated to have 7.7K branded searches compared to Star Insure’s 4.2K, and held a 2.3% Share of Search versus Star Insure’s 1.3%. - Cove Insurance was ahead of Star Insure 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, Star Insure’s estimated Share of Search among car and home insurers in New Zealand moved from 1.4% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.5K to 4.2K. ## 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 | Star Insure estimated searches | Star Insure Share of Search | Star Insure rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 6.3K | 2% | 8 | 4.5K | 1.4% | 9 | | Nov 2025 | 6.2K | 1.9% | 8 | 4.5K | 1.4% | 9 | | Dec 2025 | 6.2K | 1.9% | 7 | 4.5K | 1.4% | 9 | | Jan 2026 | 7.8K | 2.1% | 7 | 4.5K | 1.2% | 9 | | Feb 2026 | 7.7K | 2.2% | 7 | 4.8K | 1.4% | 9 | | Mar 2026 | 7.8K | 2% | 7 | 5.2K | 1.4% | 9 | | Apr 2026 | 7.6K | 2.3% | 7 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | | May 2026 | 7.7K | 2.3% | 7 | 4.9K | 1.5% | 9 | | Jun 2026 | 7.8K | 2.3% | 7 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | | Jul 2026 | 7.7K | 2.4% | 7 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | | Aug 2026 | 7.7K | 2.3% | 7 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Cove Insurance’s and Star Insure’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. - **Star Insure**: Measured on the search terms “Star Insurance”, “star insurance new zealand”, “star insurance nz”, “star insurance specialists” and “star insure”, summed into one figure. - [Cove Insurance profile](/demand/nz/brands/cove-insurance) - [Star Insure profile](/demand/nz/brands/star-insure) - [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 Star Insure? In August 2026, Cove Insurance had more branded searches than Star Insure among car and home insurers in New Zealand. Cove Insurance was estimated to have 7.7K branded searches compared to Star Insure’s 4.2K, and held a 2.3% Share of Search versus Star Insure’s 1.3%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Cove Insurance vs Star Insure: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cove-insurance-vs-star-insure This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/cove-insurance-vs-star-insure. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.