October 2025 - Accelerate

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01 Oct Why Health Insurers Matter – And What Southern Cross’s Deficit Tells Us

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In a year marked by rising healthcare costs and economic uncertainty, Southern Cross Health Society has posted a significant financial deficit of $56.9 million for the year ended June 2025....

01 Oct Why Accelerate? Trusted Advice, Real Impact

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At Accelerate, we’re proud to be known for more than just financial expertise. Our clients consistently highlight three things that make us stand out: Personalised Service, Clear Communication, and Responsive Support....

01 Oct KiwiSaver Contribution Rates: Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Posted at 14:52h in Uncategorized

A new report from the New Zealand Society of Actuaries highlights a key insight: while 5% may be enough for many, your ideal contribution rate depends on your income, lifestyle, and retirement goals....

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Edwin Rukovo

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James Doherty

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Have looked after life insurance for some 50 years. Not needed to much, however when making enquiries, converting to endowment, or arranging redemption there was never a problem finding my file or taking things forward. Thank you to Dave and the team.

Strahan Cole

1756274852

Accelerate handled transferring my and my partner's insurance from private to employer-provided. While I do have to be honest and say there were some hiccups, the team responded quickly to any complaints and made things right. Throughout, the team were friendly and detailed in their communication.

Yulia M

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We were incredibly lucky to find this company and Dave Thomas in particular. I have no words to express my gratitude to Dave for helping us find the product that satisfied us, even though it was very difficult and time consuming. His phenomenal patience, thoughtfulness, personal approach, and absolute knowledge and understanding of the market made our insurance possible. I recommend him as much as I can. 1000 of 100.

Maxine Wallis

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I thoughly enjoyed working with Mitch who helped enormously in navigating the insurance for my replacement benchtop.

Anthony Franklin

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Carli T

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Bindu Garikipati is a fantastic consultant, very helpful and professional. She kept me informed throughout the entire process and really made the effort and took the time to find the best insurance suitable to my needs. Much appreciation.

David Isaacs

1750045128

Holly & the team have been exceptional, they helped us set up the correct insurance for our family and have been alongside us at every point when we've needed help making claims & ensuring we get the best possible outcomes. Highly recommend working with Holly

Loraine Dixon

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Highly recommend Accelerate. Exceptional customer service.

Michael Muirhead

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Scott has been fabulous throughout our association and again during our recent hit from burglary. Responding to us after hours and sending forms through ready to fill in. I was prepared for a hard process but Scott made the event very easy. Really do appreciate all your great assistance.
Mike

Clare Hyams

1748938159

Bindu, Scott and the team are fantastic. I have worked with the Accelerate over the last 9 years would highly recommend them. They are professional and the Southern Cross onboarding experience and account management with them is superb.

Hong Ha Doan

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Really happy with the service from Accelerate. Mitch Donnell and the team were professional, responsive, and truly cared about finding the best coverage to suit my needs. They made the process simple and stress-free. Totally recommend them!

Jacinta A

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I have just had the pleasure of dealing with Josh Eade at Accelerate. I had an issue and Josh went over and above normal customer service to ensure my issue was fixed. I was so impressed with his professionalism and his wonderful manner making sure I felt like a valued customer.

Marguerita Muirhead

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Our agent Scott has been amazing. He was so supportive and guided us every step of the way, as we made our insurance claims. He offered very sound advice. I would recommend Scott and Accelerate to anyone needing an insurance agent.

David McKenzie

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Holly has been great in helping us with our insurance issues, great comms and very quick and efficient. Would recommend.

Keith Flowers

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Holly and her team are brilliant. They are fast, efficient and always helpful. They save so many headaches, dealing with the insurance company on my behalf for both policy renewals and claims. I highly recommend their services.

Rosie Dady

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We have been using Accelerate for our personal insurance coverage for years and can highly recommend Scott and the team at Accelerate for their in-depth knowledge and efficient service.

Sharyn Baines

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Dave Thomas at Accelerate has been an incredible financial advisor for my husband, myself, and my business. He listens attentively, explains complex concepts in a way that’s easy to understand, and always provides advice that suits our unique needs. Dave is not only knowledgeable and trustworthy but also has a fantastic sense of humour, making every interaction enjoyable. We’ve benefited immensely from his guidance over the years. Highly recommend!!

Lyn Cook

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Holly, Scott and the team at Accelerate are excellent to deal with. They answer telephone calls and emails quickly and efficiently. Jared has managed and looked after our insurances for years. Would highly recommend Accelerate and the team.

Alison Eastham

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If you want someone reliable trustworthy honest and a really good guy, who challenges your thinking you simply can’t beat Jared and his team. Awesome service and truly nice people. Thanks for all you’ve done for us in the last 17yrs and for the future!

Pacific Stone

1721256272

Thank you Holly for your assistance in making my insurance claim.
Your support, knowledge and assistance in completing and receiving the insurance payout was fantastic

Mike Taylor

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I have used Accelerate for our insurance needs for many years now.
I have found them extremely efficient and quick to respond to enquiries. Very professional and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

Michael Ramon

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Great advice always, thanks a million!

Angela Phillips

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I can highly recommend Bindu from Accelerate Me for financial advice. She took her time to understand my personal situation, patiently answered many questions and took care of everything that had to do with my life, income, trauma insurance and Kiwisaver, saving me from a ton of headaches. Thank you!

Julie Pengelly

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Highly recommend Holly and the team at Accelerate. Great advise and assistance with getting our insurance policies updated and in place on renewal. We recently had to make a claim and the entire process was smooth and straight forward, and Holly continued following up until all resolved. Thanks again!

Mandee Smith

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I've been a customer for 10+ years with Accelerate. They've made sure my insurance needs and that of my family have always been meet even with these ever changing times. All of my queries wether is be a contents, car, medical claims are answered promptly and in plain English. I don't ever feel like I'm just a number I get personal tailored service to meet my needs. Accelerate take the stress and confusion out of insurance and it's claim / renewing process. Ive never felt the need to move my business to another provider, if your after efficient honest easy to understand insurance with prompt replies and amazing customer service I'd highly recommend Accelerate they are a one stop shop and definitely work for you and your needs.. Thank you Accelerate Dave, Holly and the team here's to many more years of business... keep up the great work 👍..

2jc Electrical

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I have been a customer of accelerate for 7 years now. I have had a few reviews from other advisers in that time all coming in much the same price wise. The reason why I choose to stay with Jared at accelerate is the easiness of new policies and claims. I barely have to lift a pen to a policy form and with the few claims we have had I have not had to chase anything up, Jared takes care of this and in my opinion goes above and beyond every time. These two reasons to me are what are important in a broker. Running small business it take the stress out of forms and saving time making claims happen.

Courtney Clarke

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I have been a client of Jared and the team for over 25 years for both personal and business insurance. Good advise and prompt service highly recommend.

Bcom Services

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I was looking for a trusted life insurance provider for my family. Scott and his team were very helpful and were able to find me the perfect provider. I would recommend to anyone looking for quality life insurance.

Paul Seagar

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Scott and his team have provided my family as well my business with our insurance needs for the last five years.

I find them to be both practical and efficient with a strong commercial outlook and focus. They know the insurance industry well and provide an excellent service with wonderful advice.

Highly recommend.

Daniel Gudsell

1552603867

Accelerate has run an employee wellness and insurance program at Abodo for over 10 years, very happy with the personal service.

Mishael Logan

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It took 17 days for Accelerate Directors and Authorised Financial Advisors, Jared Fenwick & Scott Campbell, to provide me the most basic of professional courtesy of a response, (or even a receipt of acknowledgement), of my email where I raised very valid concerns with Accelerate in regards to their business methods as result of the departure of our very long-term professional, efficient and hardworking senior General Insurance Advisor and Client Manager, Elaine, (who always responded promptly to all emails and phone calls), who departed Accelerate 25/2/2019. I requested very basic information from Accelerate so I could make an informed decision whether to stay with Accelerate or take my business elsewhere to a place of my choice instead of being assigned to someone I had no knowledge of without even the basic courtesy of an introductory email from the directors of Accelerate. Accelerates response was finally made only after I informed them that if the prior response requested was not provided within 48 hours the matter would be taken further. Finally, after 17 days delay, I received an email with, "apologies for delay in Accelerate responding", "I apologize for the lack of communication". No explanation, no communication. I have found the actions of Accelerate, Jared and Scott to be discourteous, unreliable and lacking in honesty and integrity with failings in providing their very, very long-term client who has referred many clients to Accelerate over the years to be lacking in the most basic of care and very disrespectful. As result I was left with no choice but to remove all our business with Accelerate and advise all my clients referred to them over the many years to also do so. I also personally know that mine is not an isolated issue of this same nature with Accelerate post the departure of Elaine. Accelerate, without Elaine caring for us, is not a business I wish to either use myself or endorse in any manner going forward. I would recommend anyone having the same issues I have experienced with Accelerate to contact FMA (Financial Market Authority) for advice on how to proceed. If they devalue a very long-termclient who has referred many of my clients to them, what would they do to any new client even considering their business.

Hamish Gibson

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I've been with Accelerate for nearly 10 years and they have have been great. I've had my flat broken into and my car crashed into and the team at Accelerate were the best to deal with. They took control and helped me to sort though everything, giving me good honest advice. Definitely recommend using this team.

Charlene Kruger

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Elaine has been simply amazing to deal with. She is a very good listener and very patient with us. Elaine understood our needs and was able to provide excellent solutions. She explained things to us in simple language without overwhelming us with details. We have been very satisfied with the products we've purchased and we are happy to recommend her service to anyone.

Scott Stewart

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I have had the good fortune to be looked after by the team at Accelerate for longer than I can remember. Nothing has been too much trouble, particularly in respect of accommodating some of our "outside the box" requirements. Worthy of special mention is Elaine Botha; not only has she been diligently proactive in respect of suggested improvements, she has also demonstrated most reassuring calmness and composure when we've had the odd "oops". Five stars not really an adequate rating....

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