UPDATES from key players in the housebuilding and insurance sectors will form part of another significant week for corporate results. Two of the UK's biggest housebuilders, Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon, are due to shrug off the gloom surrounding the property market when they report significant increases in profits. Both housebuilders have provided bullish trading updates in recent months and are expected to report strong performances in the second half of 2010 despite the UK government's comprehensive spending review in the autumn, which deterred buyers, and the snow in December, which … [Read more...]