Jordan: Parliament advances Bill for Kingdom's first insurance law
Source: Middle East Insurance Review | Apr 2026
The House of Representatives has approved, by majority vote at least 12 articles of the 2025 Insurance Contracts Law Bill, as submitted by the government, out of a total of 101 articles in the draft legislation.
This took place during a legislative session on 23 February 2026.
Minister of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Monem Odat, stated that the House of Representatives will be enacting the first insurance law in Jordan, reported the news agency Petra. The law is to be named the Insurance Contracts Law of 2025.
He added that the objective is to consolidate all provisions related to insurance contracts in the Civil Code into a single law to regulate various forms of insurance, including land, marine, fire, life, and motor insurance. The proposed law will also regulate health insurance, civil liability insurance, and insurance on persons and property.
Mr Odat urged all insurance companies to ensure that their insurance policies would be in line with the provisions of the new law, develop and improve existing contracts, and create new ones that comply with its provisions. M