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Apex Advice

Insurance broker · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 121 Christchurch insurance brokers.

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
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Apex Advice

Insurance broker · Addington-Middleton, Christchurch

Where you stand#34of 121 insurance brokers
Overall health7.3/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Apex Advice is an insurance broker based in Addington, Christchurch. They provide personal and business advice with a focus on a holistic view of financial wellbeing. The office at Building 2, 1 Show Place offers guidance framed around the firm's Protect, Own, Grow approach. Customers note clear, helpful explanations from staff who aim to set practical priorities.

Apex Advice is an insurance broker located in Addington, Christchurch, with an office at Building 2, 1 Show Place. The firm presents itself as a provider of both personal and business advice, serving clients from its Christchurch office.

Services profile centres on personal and business advice, emphasising a holistic view of financial wellbeing. The website frames these services around the phrase Protect, Own, Grow, and references resources, news and multiple office locations tied to that approach.

Customer feedback highlights clear, practical guidance and helpful staff communication. One reviewer specifically noted an adviser named Laura who provided direction on immediate priorities and explained options in plain language. The snapshot of reviews suggests clients value straightforward explanations and assistance in identifying what matters most right now.

For local customers in Addington and greater Christchurch, Apex Advice positions itself as a broker focused on practical, understandable advice and a structured Protect, Own, Grow philosophy. The combination of personal and business advisory services and a Christchurch office address provides a convenient option for clients seeking local insurance and financial wellbeing guidance.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Apex Advice shows a below-average Google Business Listing health score, indicating room for improvement in completeness and optimisation. The most important findings are that the listing already has a phone number and website link, and the listing is claimed and verified, which provides control over details.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
  • 2
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.3Room to grow
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Insurance broker · Addington-Middleton
Open 5 days ✓
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Google listingChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Apex Advice shows a below-average Google Business health score of 4.1 out of 10, indicating significant room for improvement in online reputation management. Overall health signals a need to strengthen customer engagement and review volume while maintaining high satisfaction.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
4.7Room to grow
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #65 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Apex Advice shows an average overall health score for Maps Search Performance with room to improve. The business currently ranks in several strong positions for key keywords, including insurance broker in addington-middleton and insurance agency in addington-middleton, signaling good visibility in core areas. Opportunities exist to lift both city-wide and borough-specific rankings further.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.2Room to grow
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1Seen in 3 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Amicus Insurance Brokers4.5 ★ (13) · Insurance broker
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IAG New Zealand3.3 ★ (49) · Insurance broker
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Adelphi Insurance Brokers4.9 ★ (70) · Insurance broker
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Maitai Insurance Brokers0.0 ★ (0) · Insurance broker
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Apex Advice2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #71 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Apex Advice shows a high overall health for social presence, with strong Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn profiles. The most important finding is the outstanding profiles on Instagram and Facebook, indicating solid audience engagement and trust, while LinkedIn is up to date. Opportunities include adding TikTok, Neighbourly, Yellow Directory, GrabOne, and Neighbourly Directory listings to broaden reach.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/902334) found via: Your website.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
9.4Strong
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InstagramapexadvicenzApex Advice | Instagram✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #8 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 4 of them.
10.0Strong
9:41
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For decades, we've guided New Zealanders towards a great place, health-wise, wealth-wise, and family-wise. Our focus has always been on helping people make sound financial decisions. We are now one of...
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Facebook pageChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
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Your website

Apex Advice's on-page health is average, with a health score of 5.3 out of 10. This indicates room for improvement in core technical factors, though some strengths remain. The most impactful findings include strong title and H1 presence, plus a valid favicon and compact page size, which support clarity and speed while not fully optimising meta and rendering efficiency.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
  • 2
    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
  • 3
    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
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How people find you on Google

Apex Advice shows strong website traffic health with a high overall score and standout organic reach. The most notable finding is that organic traffic already sits in the top local segment, while paid efforts remain undeveloped and offer clear room for testing. Continued content and link-building should help sustain growth while paid channels are gradually introduced.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Apex AdviceNot in these results
About 1,564 visits a month from search, across 257 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #21 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Apex Advice's current opening hours cannot be matched to local peak demand because city-level popularity data is not available. The health score (3.8/10) suggests room to improve timing. Without local demand data the report cannot confirm specific hours that align with high customer activity, or pinpoint closed hours that miss popular windows.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
10.0Strong
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-4:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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The next step

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These are your top 19 opportunities, from the 69 checks we run on every business. Tick any of them to see where it takes you.

01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#34of 121 Christchurch insurance brokers
9:41
Christchurch insurance brokersOverall · 121 businesses
You are #34 overall
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