The Impact of External Audit on the Quality of Financial Reports in Jordanian Insurance Companies
Researcher Name
OSAMA MOHAMMAD KHALEEL BALLOUT
Name Of Journal
WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics
Volume No.
Volume 21
Date Of Publication
2024.05
Abstract
Abstract: - This study aimed to the impact of an external audit on the quality of financial reports with its
dimensions (relevance, credibility) in Jordanian insurance companies, The study population consisted of the
auditors, whose number is (440), and distributed (209) questionnaires, returned of them (185) questionnaires,
and the valid questionnaires for analysis were (169) questionnaires representing a responses rate of (71.9%) of
the study sample. Some appropriate statistical methods were used and the statistical program ("SPSS") was
used. The results showed that there is a high level of external audit, and the level of the quality of financial
reports was medium. The statistical analysis indicated a statistically significant effect at the significance level
(0.05 ≥α) for external audit on the relevance of financial reports of Jordanian insurance companies. This result
may be because the audit offices contracted by Jordanian insurance companies seek to examine and evaluate
the dat