An arrangement to help complete more than 200 unfinished homes signed by Nicheliving could be imminent, while some aggrieved customers are concerned about a 'secret deal'.
Perth business leaders cooked meals for vulnerable people last week and raised $146,973 for Foodbank WA, with Northern Star Resources' Hilary Macdonald leading the way.
Embattled residential construction company Mener Group has launched legal action against its former directors in a bid to recover the $1.27 million it owes its creditors.
Insurer QBE has elected not to declare a final dividend, recording a statutory net loss after tax of $US1.5 billion ($A1.93 billion) following last year's $US550 million profit.
Shares in insurer QBE have fallen by more than 5 per cent after its group chief executive departed following an investigation into workplace communications.
QBE Insurance Group has flagged a half-year net loss after tax of $US750 million ($A1.1 billion), reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher claims and a loss on its investment portfolio.
QBE Insurance has been ordered to pay $10 million to a Perth investor who was a client of stockbroking firm Stripe Capital and former Perth broker Todd King.
QBE Insurance has announced a three-year operational efficiency program targeting savings of S130 million in 2021, with the company also flagging better profits in 2019.
A fall in Perth house prices over the next 12 months will be followed by modest growth and an overall 5 per cent improvement by 2021, according to a new housing outlook report.
Cystic Fibrosis WA is calling on volunteers and businesses across the state to help the charity raise $75,000 this Friday as part of its annual '65 Roses Day'.
A number of local mining companies have moved up the stock market rankings, with contractor Ausdrill included in the S&P ASX 200 index, while South32 has been admitted into the top 20 as part of the market's quarterly rebalance.
Perth's house prices are forecast to grow by 3 per cent over the next three years, according to QBE Insurance Group's latest Housing Outlook Report for 2017-2020.
The corporate regulator has blasted the insurance industry over expensive, poor-value add-on policies sold to car buyers, warning there are "serious problems" in the market that must be fixed immediately.
QBE Insurance Group shares have dropped as much as 11.5 per cent after the insurer downgraded its full-year gross written premium guidance, citing pressure on product pricing and the value of its investments following a sharp drop in first-half profit.
Liquidators have been called in to recover what they can from the assets of Scho Homes, with the builder's collapse expected to put more pressure on Western Australia's homebuilding insurance scheme.
New home buyers are set to wear the costs stemming from the collapse of three Perth-based builders, including Gage Roads Construction and Capital Works Constructions.
QBE Insurance Group has entered into an agreement for the sale of its US agency businesses to California-based Alliant Insurance Services for $US300 million ($A367 million).
Perth-based builder Kaizen Construction says it can no longer take on new projects and grow its business due to home indemnity insurance restrictions placed on it by the only provider in Western Au
Prominent Perth company director Tracey Horton is among a group of business leaders appointed to a new federal Treasury advisory council designed to replicate the discipline provided by a private sector governance board.
