
SPG Organic Growth Opportunities
1. Readiness Assessment
1. Readiness Assessment
2. Competitive Analysis
2. Competitive Analysis
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
4. Appendix
4. Appendix
Readiness Assessment
Current Performance
- Driving 1.9k monthly organic visits from over 1.1k keywords, with an equivalent ad spend value of $9k.
- A low Authority Score of 27 indicates a developing backlink profile with significant room to build domain trust and authority.
- Performance is heavily dependent on branded search, with nearly 50% of all organic traffic coming from keywords for your own brand and partner companies like "spg," "cm&f," and "monarch e&s."
Growth Opportunity
- The leading competitor generates 18x more traffic (35k visits) from 18x more keywords (20k), highlighting a massive, addressable market opportunity.
- You have a low traffic share for high-volume, non-branded keywords like "liquor liability insurance" and "environmental site assessment," presenting a clear chance to improve rankings and capture high-intent users.
- Existing blog posts and informational pages are driving initial traffic, providing a proven model that can be scaled to target more specific, high-value insurance niches.
Assessment
Your current SEO performance is foundational but significantly under-taps the available market, relying heavily on brand recognition. The data reveals a clear opportunity to capture high-value traffic by moving beyond branded search. AirOps can help systematically scale content to target these high-intent, non-branded insurance keywords and close the substantial gap with competitors.
Competition at a Glance
An analysis of the competitive landscape, focusing on your key competitor Amwins Group, shows that Specialty Program Group has a significant opportunity for growth in organic search. Currently, your site ranks second in this comparison, attracting 1,851 monthly organic visits from 1,101 keywords.
In contrast, the market leader, Amwins Group, generates 35,057 monthly organic visits and ranks for over 20,124 keywords. This represents a substantial gap in online visibility, with the top competitor capturing nearly 19 times more organic traffic by ranking for 18 times more keywords.
This performance delta highlights a significant, untapped opportunity for Specialty Program Group to capture a much larger share of the online audience. The success of the top competitor demonstrates the high potential for traffic acquisition within your market, creating a clear impetus to close the current performance gap.
Opportunity Kickstarters
Here are your content opportunities, tailored to your domain's strengths. These are starting points for strategic plays that can grow into major traffic drivers in your market. Connect with our team to see the full traffic potential and activate these plays.
This play creates hyper-specific coverage and permitting guides for thousands of event scenarios. It targets event organizers at the exact moment they are planning and budgeting for insurance.
Example Keywords
- "insurance requirements for 5k race in Illinois"
- "concert liability insurance 10,000 attendees California"
- "beer festival insurance checklist Texas"
- "wedding cancellation insurance cost Florida"
Rationale
Event organizers search for precise insurance requirements based on their event type, size, and location. Current search results are dominated by outdated PDFs and generic broker pages, creating a massive opportunity for SPG to provide definitive, data-driven answers and capture high-intent leads for its Entertainment & Sports division.
Topical Authority
SPG's Entertainment & Sports Promotion division gives them direct, firsthand authority. They already rank for "spg events" and have underwritten thousands of these exact policies, providing a deep well of proprietary data on pricing, claims, and state-specific requirements that competitors cannot replicate.
Internal Data Sources
Use historical policy data to generate sample premiums based on attendee counts. Leverage internal libraries of Certificates of Insurance (COIs) and state-specific permit templates to create checklists and downloadable resources.
Estimated Number of Pages
4,500+ (30 event types × 3 capacity tiers × 50 states)
This play answers the most common question from insurance buyers: "How much does it cost?" It involves creating a library of pages showing de-identified premium ranges for specific coverages, industries, and company sizes.
Example Keywords
- "average contractors pollution liability insurance cost"
- "liquor liability insurance price for small bar"
- "how much is D&O insurance for a tech startup"
- "marine cargo insurance premiums calculator"
Rationale
Cost-based keywords are consistently high-volume and high-intent, yet they are underserved in the specialty insurance space. By providing transparent, data-backed cost ranges, SPG can attract bottom-of-funnel buyers and establish itself as a trusted resource, capturing traffic that competitors like Amwins are currently missing.
Topical Authority
As a holding company for dozens of specialty MGAs, SPG has access to tens of thousands of bound policies. This proprietary, first-party premium data is a unique asset that Google rewards for E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness) and is impossible for competitors to duplicate.
Internal Data Sources
Utilize the de-identified quote and bind database, including premiums, limits, and revenue bands. AirOps can then generate dynamic charts and tables to visualize this data, with a human review loop from the actuarial team to ensure confidentiality.
Estimated Number of Pages
1,200+ (8 coverages × 50 industries × 3 size bands)
This strategy builds a comprehensive resource hub detailing insurance filing deadlines, surplus-lines tax dates, and renewal requirements. Pages are structured by industry and state, creating an essential tool for insurance agents and compliance managers.
Example Keywords
- "surplus lines filing deadline Texas 2024"
- "environmental insurance tax rate New York"
- "Florida commercial auto insurance filing requirements"
- "California construction insurance compliance calendar"
Rationale
Insurance agents and brokers constantly search for state-specific regulatory and compliance information, which is often fragmented or locked behind paywalls. By creating a free, centralized, and easy-to-navigate hub, SPG can attract and build loyalty with a high-value broker audience, driving new business to its wholesale and program divisions.
Topical Authority
SPG and its portfolio companies file policies and pay surplus-lines taxes in all 50 states, making their internal compliance team a primary source of truth. This firsthand operational experience provides unmatched authority to create content that is more accurate and timely than any competitor's.
Internal Data Sources
Leverage internal compliance spreadsheets, surplus-lines stamping office bulletins, and legal team updates. AirOps workflows can be set to refresh this content semi-annually, using SERP data to trigger alerts for recent legislative changes.
Estimated Number of Pages
2,000+ (40 regulated industries × 50 states)
This play creates a dedicated library of insurance pages for hundreds of niche healthcare and wellness professions. It moves beyond branded search to capture professionals looking for coverage specific to their job title.
Example Keywords
- "malpractice insurance for speech-language pathologists"
- "professional liability for radiologic technologists"
- "dental hygienist malpractice coverage cost"
- "liability insurance for personal trainers"
Rationale
SPG currently gets significant traffic from branded searches for its portfolio company, CM&F Group, but misses the much larger volume of non-branded, profession-based queries. Creating a page for every profession CM&F insures will capture this high-intent traffic from individuals actively seeking to purchase a policy.
Topical Authority
SPG owns CM&F Group, a leader in insuring allied healthcare professionals. This relationship provides unimpeachable topical authority and a deep well of proprietary data (rates, claims, FAQs) that can be used to create highly differentiated and authoritative content that competitors cannot match.
Internal Data Sources
Use historical CM&F rate sheets, underwriting FAQs, de-identified claims data, and average premium information. The workflow would include a human-in-the-loop review by CM&F underwriters to ensure 100% accuracy and compliance.
Estimated Number of Pages
600+ (300 professions × 2 coverage modifiers)
This play builds a library of narrative case studies detailing real (but de-identified) loss events. Each story outlines the incident, the coverage that was triggered, and how the specialty policy responded, providing powerful social proof.
Example Keywords
- "contractors pollution liability claim example"
- "liquor liability lawsuit case study"
- "marine cargo insurance claim scenario"
- "D&O insurance claim examples for nonprofits"
Rationale
Buyers, especially for complex specialty insurance, are often skeptical and want proof that the policy will actually pay out when needed. A searchable library of real-world claim scenarios directly addresses this concern, builds immense credibility, and provides a powerful content moat built on proprietary data.
Topical Authority
SPG has access to the claims data from across its entire portfolio of companies. This provides a vast and unique repository of real-world incidents. While competitors talk about what their policies cover, SPG can show it, demonstrating true experience and authority.
Internal Data Sources
Use the de-identified loss-run database from across SPG's companies. AirOps workflows can structure this data into a narrative format and include automated checks to strip any remaining PII, followed by a final review from the legal/claims team.
Estimated Number of Pages
800+ (200 industries × 2 claim types × 2 coverages)
Improvements Summary
Expand and optimize subsidiary landing pages under /specialty-programs/ to target high-potential branded and service keywords. Add in-depth content, structured modules, FAQs with schema, multimedia, and robust internal linking.
Improvements Details
Tasks include rewriting each brand page to 800-1,200 words, adding H2 modules (About, Products, Personas, FAQs), integrating FAQPage schema, and embedding proof elements like reviews or case studies. Create supporting blog posts targeting related queries (e.g., 'professional liability insurance'), cross-link between brand pages, and update technical elements such as title tags, meta descriptions, canonical tags, and breadcrumb schema. Request backlinks from subsidiaries’ own sites and add a site-wide 'Featured Specialty Programs' footer.
Improvements Rationale
Current pages rank poorly despite low competition due to thin content, lack of topical depth, and weak internal linking. Expanding content, improving on-page structure, and adding schema will increase relevance and authority signals, driving higher rankings and click-through rates. These changes are expected to move pages from second-page to first-page positions, significantly increasing qualified traffic and engagement.
Appendix
| Keyword | Volume | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| best seo tools | 5.0k | 3 |
| seo strategy | 4.0k | 5 |
| keyword research | 3.5k | 2 |
| backlink analysis | 3.0k | 4 |
| on-page optimization | 2.5k | 1 |
| local seo | 2.0k | 6 |
| Page | Traffic | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| /seo-tools | 5.0k | 100 |
| /keyword-research | 4.0k | 100 |
| /backlink-checker | 3.5k | 80 |
| /site-audit | 3.0k | 60 |
| /rank-tracker | 2.5k | 50 |
| /content-optimization | 2.0k | 40 |
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