Business insurance · Jordan · Head-to-head
Arabia Insurance – Jordan (AICJ) vs gig – Jordan (Arab Orient)
Two Jordan business insurance options, compared side by side for Jordan trades.
Which should you choose?
gig – Jordan (Arab Orient) edges ahead on our Jordan tiering (Tier S vs A), but both are workable — the right pick depends on your trade, region, and the Jordan-specific notes below.
Arabia Insurance – Jordan (AICJ)
Tier A · WorkableFull engineering-line insurer with English product pages
Incorporated 1975, Amman-HQ, ASE-listed — an established multi-line Jordanian insurer with a clearly documented engineering line.
Pros
- + Full CAR + EAR + Plant & Machinery on an English page (rare in JO)
- + Operating since 1975
- + ASE-listed
- + Broad engineering sub-lines
Cons
- − No online quote
- − No decennial/latent-defect product
- − Professional indemnity not confirmed on the engineering page
- − Brand confusable with the regional Arabia Insurance
Jordan note
Its English engineering page explicitly lists Contractor’s All Risks, Erection All Risks, Plant & Machinery, Machinery Breakdown and more — useful when you want the cover spelled out in English before talking to a broker.
gig – Jordan (Arab Orient)
Tier S · RecommendedMarket-leading, regionally-backed multi-line insurer
Founded 1996 as Arab Orient; joined Gulf Insurance Group (a top-3 MENA insurer) in 2013. Among the largest insurers in Jordan by premium and AM Best-rated — a true market leader with deep reinsurance capacity for large infrastructure.
Pros
- + Market leader by premium
- + GIG group backing = deep capacity
- + AM Best-rated
- + Full engineering sub-lines + e-services portal
Cons
- − No fetchable static CAR page (JS-rendered site)
- − No online quote
- − Engineering buried under "Business Insurance"
- − Corporate cover needs a broker/branch
Jordan note
The GIG backing means the capacity to underwrite large Jordanian infrastructure risk — its engineering line covers CAR, plant & machinery, machinery breakdown and more, placed through a broker rather than online.
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