Abstract
The study aimed to identify the concepts and principles underpinning the corporate governance, and get to know the level of commitment of the Jordanian insurance companies' implementation of the instructions of corporate governance issued by the insurance commission, and determining the effect of audit quality on the level of implementation of the instructions of corporate governance. The study was conducted on a sample consists of 15 Jordanian Insurance Companies listed in the Amman Stock Exchange, during the period from 2011 to 2014. Audit quality was measured by the size of the audit office, audit fees, and auditor retention, relying on the instructions of corporate governance for insurance companies. The researcher designed a questionnaire containing five sections Associated with each of the board of directors, executive management, and the audit committee, risk management, and internal control system, and internal audit, the questionnaire was distributed to insurance company's staff who occupy different managerial positions. To achieve the objectives of the study the researcher used a number of statistical methods that fit the nature of the variables of the study, such as (Simple linear Regression model) and (Multiple Regression model) to test the hypotheses of the study.
 
 The study results showed that the Jordanian insurance companies show an acceptable commitment of the corporate governance instructions implementation; also, it showed that there is an impact of audit quality on the implementation of these instructions. Based on these results, the study provides a set of recommendations including Identify regulators responsible for following up the actual implementation of instructions of corporate governance in insurance companies, and reformulation of these instructions in a way to ensure the protection of the rights of stakeholders, and to clarify the functions and responsibilities of the Audit Committee. In addition, to focusing on the role of the external auditor, and working on increasing external auditor communication with the Audit Committee and Internal Auditors.
Highlights
Until now, a small number of researchers are still interested in focusing on weaknesses and defects in the systems of corporate governance, how this weakness contributed to the problems and failures of many companies, and how it can be reformed and improved systems of corporate governance to prevent future failures of companies (Aledwan et al, 2017).In this study, no focus was placed on the impact of corporate governance on any aspect of corporate business and performance
This study aims mainly to clarify the extent of auditors' responsibilities towards owners through their influence on the company's decisions in order to improve its corporate governance
Checking whether the quality of the audit has an impact on the level of compliance of Jordanian insurance companies with corporate governance instructions
Summary
No focus was placed on the impact of corporate governance on any aspect of corporate business and performance. It was exposed to the role of external auditors, and their responsibility to improve and develop systems of corporate governance as a tool for shareholders in overseeing the work of management and reducing the degree of asymmetry of information between owners and management. The auditor is largely responsible for improving and developing corporate governance in companies, as what Arthur Andersen has been exposed to clearly shows the damage that might be caused to the auditor as a result of issuing low-quality reports, where he may be subject to prosecution (Abu Saleem et al, 2019), and he is required mas.ccsenet.org.
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