---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001371285-23-000190"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRUP"
cik: "0001371285"
company_name: "TRUPANION, INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T12:36:09.701956+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Trupanion appoints Aflac CFO Max Brodén to board as independent director

## Summary
- Max Brodén, EVP and CFO of Aflac Incorporated, appointed independent director effective July 4, 2023.
- Board expands to nine directors; eight are independent; Brodén joins Audit Committee.
- Aflac holds >5% of Trupanion common stock and has a Strategic Alliance Agreement with company.
- Six directors appointed in past six years as part of ongoing board refreshment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001371285-23-000190
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRUP
- cik: 0001371285
- company_name: TRUPANION, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1371285/000137128523000190/0001371285-23-000190-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1371285/000137128523000190/trup-20230703.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001371285-23-000190
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001371285-23-000190.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001371285-23-000190.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Max Brodén was appointed as director at TRUPANION, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: Effective as of July 4, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Trupanion, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Max Brodén as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1371285/000137128523000190/0001371285-23-000190-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.