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Advert: Brass Band Insurance Services

Bring along your insurance details to Birmingham and Cheltenham and see what BBIS can do for your band.

Brass Band Insurance Services
 

Brass Band Insurance Services will be offering customers old and new the ideal opportunity to review their insurance needs at the forthcoming British Open and National Finals in Cheltenham.

Symphony Hall and The Centaur

We will be at Symphony Hall on Saturday 7th September and at The Centaur on the weekend of 21st/22nd September to ensure that we can answer any queries you have about your band’s insurance needs.

Schedules

So why not bring along your current insurance schedule so that we can have a quiet chat and find out how we can fully meet your needs with our low premiums, home or college cover, first class service and policies specifically designed to ensure your band can play without any problems.

So why not bring along your current insurance schedule so that we can have a quiet chat and find out how we can fully meet your needsBBIS

Never bettered

You will be able to find out first hand why Brass Band Insurance Services is the original scheme – often copied, never bettered.

More information:

For more information go to:
http://www.brassbandinsuranceservices.co.uk/Tel: 020 8759 0825

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