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This infographic comes to us from Bachus & Schanker personal injury law firm.

The crawfish dancing up the side of this IG are pretty visually enticing. I definitely craned my neck to one side to find out what it was representing, and was happy to see it’s a good example of data visualization. Four rows of smaller crawfish might’ve been better, but design-wise it could’ve definitely gotten cluttered. The Louisiana-shaped statistic about flood insurance is also an effective example of visualizing data, except that the National Flood Insurance Payments section is also state-shaped. For variety’s sake, maybe the 71% statistic should be in some other shape.

The blue color scheme makes plenty of sense for this infographic, and it looks pretty interesting in all of its varying shades. However, it makes the beige seashell section stand out in an awkward, off-balance way. This is the weakest section of the infographic because it is so text-heavy. Infographics are really about visuals, and the “Did You Know” and “If Flooding Occurs” sections have great potential. “12 inches of water floats many vehicles” could be interesting, as could “Flash floods often bring walls of water 10 to 20 feet high.” “Listen to the radio or television”: picture of a radio/television. “Stay away from downed power lines”: a little stick figure backing away from a downed power line? Infographics are intended to tell a story, and should still show all relevant data when text is removed. This IG stands that test pretty well until the seashell section. The data that is visualized there is almost too small to stand out; it looks a little squished.

On the grammar and spelling side of things, this infographic is pretty good. The crawfish sentence could use some punctuation, though, and Hurricane Ike is spelled Hurrican Ike. Still, it fares better in this department than others we’ve seen.

Overall, I’d give this infographic a C. More and different data visualization is needed, and a less severe division of data would help the overall appearance.

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Today we have a bonus infographic from Policy Expert. Policy Expert is a UK company that helps people find the best insurance. They pride themselves on being people powered, offering customer service at every step. Since this is a bonus infographic today, I’m not going to write up a long critique. Instead, why not add some comments to tell us your thoughts.

Thanks for the great comments on this infographic from Policy Expert. Keep them coming!

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This infographic comes from Confused.com, which helps people find car insurance and make the process less confusing. The infographic covers what it would cost to insure Santa, if he and his entire operation (cover your eyes kids) actually existed. The infographic includes real types of insurance mixed with insurance options that would only exist form someone like Kris Kringle, and has some funny stats and assumptions mixed in.

Ultimately, the infographic is OK at best. The design is minimal and there is a lot of blank space everywhere. The numbers fade in with the rest of the content, making it seem as if there isn’t really any data to take in at all. Also, there is no conclusion to the infographic. For instance, the infographic is titled “Santa’s Insurance Costs: How Much Would it Really Cost to Cover Santa’s Christmas Operation?” But the answer is not fully given. Yes, it shows cost of various insurance, but it doesn’t show a total at the end, so if someone is actually interested and desperate for an answer, they’ll have to pull out a calculator to get it.

It seems that around Christmas, there are a lot of infographics coming out that have to do with Santa and presume a great deal of information just to get a point across. While these infographics can be fun, they sometimes lack in value because the majority of the information is made up. At least this infographic provides some value, since it covers some true costs of insurance.