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The Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF (KBWP) was launched on 12/02/2010, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Financials - Insurance segment of the equity market.
An increasingly popular option among retail and institutional investors, passively managed ETFs offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; they are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.
Sector ETFs are also funds of convenience, offering many ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Financials - Insurance is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 4, placing it in top 25%.
Index Details
The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $433.19 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Financials - Insurance segment of the equity market. KBWP seeks to match the performance of the KBW Nasdaq Property & Casualty Index before fees and expenses.
The KBW Nasdaq Property & Casualty Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index that reflects the performance of approximately 24 property and casualty insurance companies.
Costs
Cost is an important factor in selecting the right ETF, and cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts if all other fundamentals are the same.
Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.35%, making it one of the least expensive products in the space.
It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 1.66%.
Sector Exposure and Top Holdings
Even though ETFs offer diversified exposure that minimizes single stock risk, investors should also look at the actual holdings inside the fund. Luckily, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Financials sector--about 100% of the portfolio.
Looking at individual holdings, American International Group Inc (AIG) accounts for about 8.20% of total assets, followed by Allstate Corp/the (ALL) and Chubb Ltd (CB).
The top 10 holdings account for about 60.93% of total assets under management.
Performance and Risk
Year-to-date, the Invesco KBW Property & Casualty Insurance ETF has lost about -1.03% so far, and it's up approximately 21.68% over the last 12 months (as of 01/22/2025). KBWP has traded between $96.28 and $126.40 in this past 52-week period.
The ETF has a beta of 0.68 and standard deviation of 18.57% for the trailing three-year period, making it a medium risk choice in the space. With about 25 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.