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Trupanion, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 11/4/22, at 4:03pm ET   ·   For:  9/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1371285-22-258   ·   File #:  1-36537

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11/04/22  Trupanion, Inc.                   10-Q        9/30/22   74:7.1M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.02M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
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    124K 
15: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet Condensed Consolidated   HTML     42K 
                Balance Sheet Parentheticals                                     
16: R6          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     71K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows                HTML     91K 
18: R8          Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant     HTML     25K 
                Accounting Policies (Notes)                                      
19: R9          Earnings Per Share (Notes)                          HTML     29K 
20: R10         Investment Securities (Notes)                       HTML     91K 
21: R11         Other Investments (Notes)                           HTML     22K 
22: R12         Fair Value (Notes)                                  HTML     63K 
23: R13         Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions        HTML     23K 
                (Notes)                                                          
24: R14         Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Notes)       HTML     31K 
25: R15         Commitment and Contingencies (Notes)                HTML     22K 
26: R16         Claims Reserve (Notes)                              HTML     60K 
27: R17         Debt (Notes)                                        HTML     30K 
28: R18         Stock-based Compensation (Notes)                    HTML     62K 
29: R19         Stockholders' Equity (Notes)                        HTML     27K 
30: R20         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Notes)                 HTML     54K 
31: R21         Segments (Notes)                                    HTML     77K 
32: R22         Related Parties (Notes)                             HTML     23K 
33: R23         Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant     HTML     30K 
                Accounting Policies (Policies)                                   
34: R24         Other Investments (Policies)                        HTML     23K 
35: R25         Fair Value (Policies)                               HTML     22K 
36: R26         Claims Reserve (Policies)                           HTML     22K 
37: R27         Segments (Policies)                                 HTML     24K 
38: R28         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     28K 
39: R29         Investment Securities Available-for-Sale (Tables)   HTML     89K 
40: R30         Fair Value (Tables)                                 HTML     58K 
41: R31         Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Tables)      HTML     34K 
42: R32         Claims Reserve (Tables)                             HTML     63K 
43: R33         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     27K 
44: R34         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     64K 
45: R35         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)                HTML     54K 
46: R36         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML     74K 
47: R37         Net Loss per Share (Details) Schedule of            HTML     27K 
                Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation                
                of Earnings Per Share                                            
48: R38         Investment Securities (Details) - Investment        HTML    108K 
                Schedule                                                         
49: R39         Investment Securities (Details) -                   HTML     45K 
                Available-for-Sale                                               
50: R40         Other Investments (Details)                         HTML     27K 
51: R41         Fair Value (Details) - Investments Schedule         HTML     86K 
52: R42         Fair Value (Details) - Narrative                    HTML     23K 
53: R43         Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions        HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R44         Intangible Assets, Goodwill and Other (Details)     HTML     35K 
55: R45         Claims Reserve (Details) - Reserve Rollforward      HTML     46K 
56: R46         Claims Reserve (Details) - Narrative                HTML     38K 
57: R47         Claims Reserve (Details) - Reserve by Year of       HTML     36K 
                Occurrence                                                       
58: R48         Debt (Details) - Narrative                          HTML     46K 
59: R49         Debt (Details) - Schedule of Maturities             HTML     40K 
60: R50         Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Expense        HTML     39K 
                Category                                                         
61: R51         Share-based Compensation (Details) - Narrative      HTML     36K 
62: R52         Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Stock Options  HTML     57K 
63: R53         Stock-based Compensation (Details) - Restricted     HTML     44K 
                Stock Units                                                      
64: R54         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     28K 
65: R55         Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)               HTML     46K 
66: R56         Segments (Details) - Business Segments              HTML     58K 
67: R57         Segments (Details) - Revenue by Geography           HTML     33K 
68: R58         Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     28K 
69: R59         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     23K 
72: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    131K 
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71: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    113K 
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