Excel

Motion
Chart

Lloyd's Analysis Team

Lloyd's 2010

Disclaimer
Whilst all care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this charting tool, Lloyds does not
accept any responsibility for any errors or omissions. Lloyds does not accept any
responsibility or liability for any loss to any person acting or refraining from action as the
result of, but not limited to, any statement, fact, figure, expression of opinion or belief
contained in this tool. Use of the tool is at your own risk

Introduction
Motion charts are a great way of visualising trends and patterns in data and showing several dimensions simultaneously. The concept
was first developed several years ago by Hans Rosling with his Gapminder software.
This spreadsheet incorporates the Gapminder concept into a tool that you can use to visualise your own business data.
The tool has been developed to be used with data provided in Statistics Relating To Lloyd's and
next years edition will incorporate Excel motion charts in the supporting spreadsheet tools that
accompany the guide.

Statistics Relating To Lloyds

This tool is provided for your use free of charge and you are free to copy and reuse the source code. However whilst we are happy to
give you some guidance on using the tool, we do not provide ongoing support.
This version of the tool has been pre-loaded with randomly generated data by way of an example. We also set out instructions below
that explain how you can use this tool to visualise your own business data.
It is not recommended that you manually change any of the charts or controls as this will limit the functionality of the charts and may
cause errors.
The chart can be quite memory/processor intensive so it is recommended that you close down programs you are not using.

Using The Motion Chart

1. Macros should be enabled (in Excel 2003 Tools > Macro > Security - set as medium and reopen)
2. Before using click the 'Update' button to update the source of the chart, and the controls on the form
3. Change the 'Y-Axis', 'X-Axis', 'Size' selections to change the chart data
4. Hit the 'Play' button to see the chart move through the whole time period
5. Use Esc to pause or stop the motion chart
Motion Chart Features
1. Move the 'Time' slider to navigate directly to a period of time for the chart
2. Click the 'Faster' control up or down between 1 (slow) and 20 (fast) to vary the speed of the motion
3. Click the 'Smoother' control up or down between 1 (less smooth but faster) and 20 (very smooth but slower) to insert calculated
sections between your data to smooth the motion of the chart
4. Click the 'Change Chart' buttons to change the chart to a Bubble Chart/Area Chart or Column Chart
5. Use the 'Show Data Labels' list box to show labels for your requirements
6. Use the 'Show Data Labels' toggle button to increase the size of the list box
How To Visualise Your Data
1. Paste your business data into the 'RAWDATA' sheet (maximum 10,000 records, 30 unique groups)
2. The 'RAWDATA' area is used to prepare your data before its structure is suitable for the chart
3. Arrange your data as below, with group data first, then time data followed by multiple series data
Group Data

Time Data

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Aviation
Aviation

1993
1994

0.520922444
0.3665639591

83.345886311
79.5232570725

326.9873292111
18.9732379135

Casualty
Casualty

1993
1994

0.6772932421 1769.963417609
0.6037442893 2525.3317083525

644.0024453933
303.1298275324

i. Examples of group data could be classes of business, brokers, service companies, employees
ii. Time data can be a year or date, but not a text date i.e. 1st January 2010
iii. Examples of series could be premium, claims, ULR's, commission, investment income, working hours
6. Ensure each group data/time combination is not repeated i.e. unique rows
7. Ensure column titles are not repeated
8. Any other data should be removed from the sheet
9. Sort the data by your group data in ascending order (ensure your column title is still there)
10. Click 'Update' button on 'Charts' sheet to update the data

Further information
The websites below served as inspiration for the charts
http://www.s-anand.net/blog/motion-charts-in-excel/
http://www.gapminder.org/
http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/motionchart.html
Feedback and suggestions
We welcome your feedback and any suggestions on improvements to the tool
stats@lloyds.com

Example format required

Please read/print intro before using

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Bubble Size

Capacity GBPM
Update Source

Hit Esc to
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Smoother

Show Data Labels

Change Chart

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Update Source
Bubble Chart
Area Chart
Bar Chart
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Lloyd's Analysis Team 2010

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Casualty
Casualty
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Energy
Energy
Energy
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YOA
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1993
1994
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GNULR

GWP
GBPM

Capacity
GBPM

0.520922
0.366564
0.074832
0.003053
0.755455
0.723843
0.851792
1.187146
0.054346
0.315229
0.386877
0.442841
0.338425
0.101773
0.750984
0.602487
0.328987
0.677293
0.603744
0.257602
0.754538
0.204669
0.024869
1.021849
0.953683
0.995898
0.801062
0.496316
0.35058
0.063129
0.196411
0.755725
0.5672
0.299276
0.04967
0.124561
0.241826
0.692761
0.137757
0.921275
1.149946
0.825193
0.386629
0.112916
0.705784
0.056811
1.827556
0.303981
0.248122
0.106059
0.449509

83.34589
79.52326
313.4838
147.6932
433.5821
259.3742
512.9765
439.1768
290.0175
118.3728
394.3721
47.97033
163.0251
211.2052
29.75228
121.6442
60.95144
1769.963
2525.332
219.2394
1933.432
543.3874
1668.427
2149.576
2128.748
3782.237
842.2041
2608.559
4290.406
4028.943
1694.397
542.961
3669.602
827.9925
23.92941
292.7497
13.37528
481.3084
165.324
244.3962
336.0096
67.61482
429.9444
292.951
539.3156
606.9209
1189.847
126.3718
972.2088
1237.955
563.5024

326.9873
18.97324
2.727781
303.3673
228.5317
224.4493
422.3556
322.7716
537.7269
549.7064
17.87648
282.1698
198.54
322.6728
290.0512
372.7732
430.2488
644.0024
303.1298
2670.784
1680.186
739.3481
233.8236
628.1804
1463.466
2057.462
1829.104
2896.875
3426.876
874.137
914.4754
2389.878
2935.357
3544.399
536.4532
572.3809
255.6758
117.0811
567.7097
142.1571
367.1546
72.52371
91.80951
320.2551
389.4557
231.8618
879.18
1032.346
931.0923
505.8334
1498.789

Capacity
Perc of
Mkt
0.002734
0.007183
0.028563
0.041648
0.019222
0.000565
0.007721
0.00059
0.034553
0.007102
0.010413
0.014896
0.016764
0.011034
0.026863
0.000969
0.018856
0.086476
0.000246
0.123025
0.023844
0.038591
0.206545
0.155296
0.030304
0.270972
0.047915
0.205319
0.18353
0.064094
0.134837
0.131207
0.215973
0.218604
0.063659
0.063116
0.007383
0.043966
0.018809
0.001696
0.010195
0.044181
0.020143
0.005876
0.01343
0.015326
0.028288
0.052061
0.053337
0.026516
0.026565

Marine
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Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Marine
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Motor
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Property
Reinsuranc
Reinsuranc
Reinsuranc

1993
1994
1995
1996
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1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
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2006
2007
2008
2009
1993
1994
1995
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1997
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2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
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2006
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2009
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
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1994
1995

0.197359
0.530387
0.308066
0.571349
0.550637
0.162169
1.110909
0.845017
0.587218
0.639462
0.364266
0.100374
0.590727
0.652685
0.023622
0.165661
0.167246
0.542581
0.150215
0.326963
0.386289
0.938284
0.448662
0.120174
0.138238
0.140985
0.30292
0.28432
0.443151
0.134514
0.346196
0.642348
0.052364
0.707472
0.55423
0.244408
0.542482
0.59841
0.046417
0.132396
1.049518
0.365405
0.851676
0.108247
0.36327
0.805405
0.847016
0.028751
0.188874
0.210997
0.453224
0.301091
0.391767
0.190967

210.7726
15.66114
1054.372
347.8612
478.3905
51.08421
25.07801
295.9085
911.266
6.808315
1008.36
441.32
791.6125
493.5003
1215.913
1188.293
1517.925
1411.888
796.2866
228.067
685.4942
1198.828
154.0478
1081.841
1438.665
1603.805
723.7337
216.7509
983.4392
529.1583
963.2619
1154.868
962.6906
1215.096
911.6233
1469.084
1954.514
1095.86
898.5367
926.7517
648.77
222.4232
908.7967
2302.568
2925.161
982.447
533.7078
4551.869
2214.455
4596.42
2030.846
714.4804
987.0498
1080.786

867.798
695.336
1041.296
952.8927
1.018644
159.7034
353.2528
458.5221
466.8262
323.7679
371.3783
551.2278
952.8288
722.7316
922.6061
734.2157
1069.363
85.94381
202.9973
511.2824
602.5121
158.5187
760.2298
1129.677
23.62159
71.69048
1095.164
810.5261
823.296
22.08263
686.8371
398.4262
270.448
891.9385
820.1284
269.5262
793.0269
622.9592
1579.089
1018.363
238.2554
194.9801
591.284
3153.389
3803.91
1321.057
250.842
2055.08
4484.359
888.488
4305.569
589.5507
1566.233
1439.655

0.045862
0.086435
0.08436
0.02102
0.025537
0.024977
0.023345
0.070616
0.025896
0.014824
0.030038
0.010915
0.034024
0.008527
0.065042
0.066422
0.06418
0.035736
0.074775
0.018898
0.096799
0.037542
0.139833
0.00196
0.098727
0.130607
0.086207
0.057487
0.04168
0.040019
0.001834
0.018339
0.011205
0.059263
0.08352
0.147111
0.072714
0.031422
0.023023
0.095893
0.16593
0.196392
0.069941
0.057797
0.097646
0.023991
0.182915
0.177699
0.189742
0.188844
0.231691
0.047208
0.12662
0.026371

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1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

0.055605
0.039149
0.673708
1.306807
0.677028
0.017007
0.109381
0.218469
0.82286
0.65902
0.260982
0.136552
0.708901
0.377734

190.9315
209.6892
104.0823
656.8286
930.9502
163.5738
681.4092
1106.978
1611.207
2863.631
3330.054
1417.687
3354.875
2859.024

1377.968
1411.039
441.816
1433.895
1076.018
412.3418
785.5379
615.8583
1288.187
2116.822
1434.99
1032.2
255.5652
56.54306

0.013511
0.016479
0.119249
0.129126
0.009637
0.172993
0.004879
0.083761
0.127113
0.192927
0.086244
0.126146
0.067451
0.195479