20 CFR § 418.1210 - What is not a major life-changing event?

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title: "20 CFR § 418.1210 - What is not a major life-changing event?"
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title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
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section_name: "What is not a major life-changing event?"
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# 418.1210 What is not a major life-changing event?

We will not consider events other than those described in § 418.1205 to be major life-changing events. Certain types of events are not considered major life-changing events for the purposes of this subpart, such as:

(a) Events that affect your expenses, but not your income; or

(b) Events that result in the loss of dividend income because of the ordinary risk of investment.

[71 FR 62931, Oct. 27, 2006, as amended at 75 FR 41086, July 15, 2010]