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Trupanion Appoints Aflac Incorporated CFO Max Brodén to Board of Directors
Mr. Brodén Brings Global Financial Acumen and Continues Ongoing Refreshment of Board SEATTLE, July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trupanion, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRUP)
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[{"type":"text","content":"Mr. Brodén Brings Global Financial Acumen and Continues Ongoing Refreshment of Board\nSEATTLE, July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trupanion, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRUP) announced that Max Brodén, Chief Financial Officer of Aflac Incorporated, has been appointed to serve as an independent director effective July 4, 2023. This appointment expands the Board to nine directors, eight of whom are independent. “We’re excited to welcome Max as the newest independent member of our Board,” said Darryl Rawlings, Founder, CEO and Chair of the Board. “Max’s global financial knowledge and expertise in both the insurance and investment industries, including as CFO for the largest publicly traded supplemental health insurance company, will be extremely valuable to Trupanion.” “Max is a natural leader with proven results as a public insurance company executive,” said Murray Low, PhD, Lead Independent Director. “We remain focused on ensuring our board has the right mix of skills and experience and we are thrilled to have Max join given his record of value creation and how complementary his qualifications are to the rest of our directors.” With over 17 years of experience and leadership managing global financial and insurance portfolios, Mr. Brodén is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Aflac Incorporated where he has served in various leadership roles of ascending responsibility since April 2017. Before joining Aflac Incorporated, Mr. Brodén served as senior portfolio manager at Norges Bank from 2007 to 2017, managing an equity portfolio of global financial and insurance stocks. Mr. Brodén holds a Master of Science in both accounting and finance from Stockholm School of Economics. As part of the ongoing refreshment of Trupanion’s Board of Directors, six directors have now been appointed in the past six years. About Trupanion Trupanion is a leader in medical insurance for cats and dogs throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Puerto Rico and Australia with over 900,000 pets enrolled. For over two decades, Trupanion has given pet owners peace of mind so they can focus on their pet's recovery, not financial stress. Trupanion is committed to providing pet owners with the highest value in pet medical insurance with unlimited payouts for the life of their pets. With its patented process, Trupanion is the only North America...