About Plus4
Plus4 is dedicated to the detail and when it comes to insurance products, detail is everything. We are not aligned with any company. We are not aligned with any product. We know this industry inside out, and our business is transforming the industry to benefit you.
“Choosing the best of the best for you”
Our brand promise “choosing the best of the best for you” combines the 4 key concepts that make Plus4 unique in the New Zealand insurance marketplace:
“Choosing” We are not just order takers – we offer advice and solutions.
“The Best” We match the most suitable insurance product for our customer’s unique circumstances.
“Of The Best” Selected from our independent research, only the optimum products make it to the Plus4 shortlist and it is from this list that we select the best solution for our customers.
“For You” These two words are the most important part of our brand promise – what we select we do so with our customer’s unique circumstances in mind. Partnering with Plus4 gives our customers the best solution for their unique circumstances. There is no “one size fits all”.
At Plus4 we have identified 4 distinct brand pillars that provide our members with very strong unique selling points that stand us apart from our competitors and offers our customers a significant value proposition.
The Best for You: We select the best for you – by using independent research combined with the collective experience of Plus4 Advisers.
Advocacy: We are there for you – through the strength of Plus4 we are able to help achieve the best possible policy terms during the application process and deliver the most successful outcome at claim time.
Local but National: Locally owned – with the power of being a national organisation
Relationships: We are about developing trusted relationships that last. Providing you with confidence, we are your personal insurance adviser who is with you to help throughout every stage of your life.
Most importantly – overarching and supporting all four of our brand attributes is the independent best practice reviews we conduct. As a group, all of our practices are independently audited to ensure best practice and compliance with our brand attributes is maintained.
Meet the Central Office Team
We have a small team of dedicated support staff supporting our nationwide team of advisors and keeping things running smoothly.
MaryAnne Tod-Smith
Group Administrator
Phone | 0800 001 921
Email | hq@plus4.co.nz
Based in Nelson MaryAnne has been with Plus4 Insurance Solutions since May 2013.
With a background in account management and administrative roles MaryAnne works alongside the General Manager to ensure the smooth running of Plus4 Insurance Solutions.
Peter Standish
Group General Manager
Phone | 027 294 2448
Email | peter.standish@plus4.co.nz
Peter has over 30 years of experience in the financial services sector and has held a number of senior roles including, most recently, Head of Personal Insurance with specialist rural insurer FMG (formerly Farmers’ Mutual Group).
He has a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) from the University of Canterbury and a Diploma of Business Studies from Massey University.
Peter lives in Wellington, is married to Jenny and they have a daughter and two grandchildren. A former competitive squash player, these days Peter enjoys walking, scuba diving and working on his getaway property in the Marlborough Sounds.
Tim Rosenbrook
Marketing Manager
Phone | 027 283 2055
Email | tim.rosenbrook@plus4.co.nz
Tim is a skilled strategic marketing professional with over eighteen years of experience developing marketing strategies for many New Zealand and international market-leading businesses. He specialises in a marketing approach that is customer-focused and measurable and has been assisting with the Plus4 marketing and brand approach since 2015.
Based in Wellington with his wife Jo and two children he enjoys diving, surfing and a bit of part-time coaching for his children’s various sports teams.
Meet the Plus4 Group Board
With the Plus4 Group being owned by it’s members, it makes sense that Plus4’s governance structure is derived from our Adviser members - meet them here.
Mark Sheehan - Chairperson
Having joined the Plus4 Board in May 2019 Nelson-based financial adviser and insurance broker Mark has a Bachelor of Commerce in business and finance from Auckland University and a Graduate Diploma in Business Studies in financial planning from Massey University. Mark was appointed Chair effective April 2023.
David Jochem - Director
David was appointed to the Plus4 Board in November 2023. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial services sector, specialising in the insurance risk advisory. In 2014 David established Insure Ltd, where building strong and trusted relationships with his clients and helping them plan for their future is important to David and his team.
Samuel Rees-Thomas - Director
Samuel is a highly regarded financial adviser who worked in the banking sector before establishing his own successful insurance advisory practice in Wellington. Samuel has been a director of Plus4 since November 2020.