Anyone work in benefits?

[ZoeHart]

I have an insurance question. I currently carry our insurance. DH was laid off but has accepted an offer for another position within his company (yay!) Would this count as a new job and let us switch to his insurance since we are outside of the open enrollment period?

[whiskeyandwine]

Losing or gaining a job qualifies as a major life event and allows you to change your coverage outside of open enrollment. You should be able to make changes w/in 30 days of those things happening.

[ZoeHart]

Awesome, that's what I was hoping to hear. I know if he accepted a job at another company we could switch but I wasn't sure how it would work within the same company.

[Jalapeñomel]

Yes

[poppyseed]

Yes, that is a qualifying event.