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Trupanion, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 8/4/22, at 4:05pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1371285-22-187   ·   File #:  1-36537

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/04/22  Trupanion, Inc.                   10-Q        6/30/22   71:6.4M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.92M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
11: R1          Cover Page Document                                 HTML     71K 
12: R2          Consolidated Statement of Operations                HTML     95K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income      HTML     39K 
                Statement                                                        
14: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheet                          HTML    123K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet Condensed Consolidated   HTML     41K 
                Balance Sheet Parentheticals                                     
16: R6          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     70K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML     89K 
18: R8          Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant     HTML     24K 
                Accounting Policies (Notes)                                      
19: R9          Earnings Per Share (Notes)                          HTML     28K 
20: R10         Investment Securities (Notes)                       HTML     66K 
21: R11         Other Investments (Notes)                           HTML     21K 
22: R12         Fair Value (Notes)                                  HTML     55K 
23: R13         Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Notes)       HTML     28K 
24: R14         Commitment and Contingencies (Notes)                HTML     22K 
25: R15         Claims Reserve (Notes)                              HTML     59K 
26: R16         Debt (Notes)                                        HTML     29K 
27: R17         Stock-based Compensation (Notes)                    HTML     61K 
28: R18         Stockholders' Equity (Notes)                        HTML     27K 
29: R19         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Notes)                 HTML     53K 
30: R20         Segments (Notes)                                    HTML     76K 
31: R21         Related Parties (Notes)                             HTML     22K 
32: R22         Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant     HTML     30K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
33: R23         Other Investments (Policies)                        HTML     23K 
34: R24         Fair Value (Policies)                               HTML     22K 
35: R25         Claims Reserve (Policies)                           HTML     21K 
36: R26         Segments (Policies)                                 HTML     23K 
37: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     27K 
38: R28         Investment Securities Available-for-Sale (Tables)   HTML     67K 
39: R29         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML     50K 
40: R30         Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Tables)      HTML     31K 
41: R31         Claims Reserve (Tables)                             HTML     62K 
42: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     26K 
43: R33         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     64K 
44: R34         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)                HTML     53K 
45: R35         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     73K 
46: R36         Net Loss per Share (Details) Schedule of            HTML     26K 
                Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation                
                of Earnings Per Share                                            
47: R37         Investment Securities (Details) - Investment        HTML     56K 
                Schedule                                                         
48: R38         Investment Securities (Details) -                   HTML     29K 
                Available-for-Sale                                               
49: R39         Other Investments (Details)                         HTML     27K 
50: R40         Fair Value (Details) - Investments Schedule         HTML     56K 
51: R41         Fair Value (Details) - Narrative                    HTML     22K 
52: R42         Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Details)     HTML     29K 
53: R43         Claims Reserve (Details) - Reserve Rollforward      HTML     45K 
54: R44         Claims Reserve (Details) - Narrative                HTML     37K 
55: R45         Claims Reserve (Details) - Reserve by Year of       HTML     36K 
                Occurrence                                                       
56: R46         Debt (Details) - Narrative                          HTML     45K 
57: R47         Debt (Details) - Schedule of Maturities             HTML     39K 
58: R48         Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Expense        HTML     38K 
                Category                                                         
59: R49         Share-based Compensation (Details) - Narrative      HTML     35K 
60: R50         Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Stock Options  HTML     57K 
61: R51         Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Restricted     HTML     44K 
                Stock Units                                                      
62: R52         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     27K 
63: R53         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)               HTML     45K 
64: R54         Segments (Details) - Business Segments              HTML     57K 
65: R55         Segments (Details) - Revenue by Geography           HTML     32K 
66: R56         Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     25K 
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    125K 
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 2/12/21  Trupanion, Inc.                   10-K       12/31/20  101:12M
 6/03/16  Trupanion, Inc.                   8-K:5,9     5/31/16    2:66K
 8/28/14  Trupanion, Inc.                   10-Q        6/30/14   60:6.7M
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