{"id":870269,"date":"2026-08-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=870269"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T08:46:07","slug":"business-talk-standard-banks-yvonne-perumal-on-the-importance-of-trust-and-compliance-in-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/870269\/business-talk-standard-banks-yvonne-perumal-on-the-importance-of-trust-and-compliance-in-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Talk \u2013 Standard Bank\u2019s Yvonne Perumal on the importance of trust and compliance in insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Yvonne Perumal discusses insurance, AI, and consumer protection in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perumal is the Head of Legal at Standard Bank\u2019s Insurance and Asset Management Business Unit and leads legal functions across Liberty\u2019s insurance and asset management businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She provides strategic legal counsel on complex commercial, regulatory, governance, and risk matters across Liberty\u2019s operations in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While working at Liberty, she has played an instrumental role in multiple landmark transactions, including Standard Bank\u2019s acquisition of Liberty and the Liberty Two Degrees buyout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perumal boasts over two decades of experience working in the financial services industry, having held leadership roles in legal, corporate affairs, stakeholder management, and business development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining Liberty in 2005, she worked as Company Secretary and Head of Legal and Compliance at Swiss Re Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perumal holds a Master of Laws and a Certificate in Finance and Accounting from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning from the University of the Free State, and both a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Business Talk interview, Perumal discusses why insurance depends on legal trust and outlines how South Africa\u2019s regulatory framework works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perumal notes how Liberty protects customers when leveraging new technologies, such as AI in cybersecurity and data governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also touches on insurance and economic resilience and how they balance innovation with regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perumal concludes the interview by sharing her thoughts on the future of insurance regulation in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the interview with Yvonne Perumal below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Business Talk - Yvonne Perumal on AI, insurance law, and consumer protection\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OcB1hxkNJHs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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