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Presenter Bios: Dr. Milan Simic

Dr. Milan Simic
Engineering Specialist
Benfield

Milan Simic is a member of the Natural Hazards team within Benfield ReMetrics. He is a civil engineer with 15 years experience in hazard and loss assessment, engineering consulting, research and teaching. After gaining his BSc degree in Civil Engineering, Milan worked on dam design, parallel to completing the MSc in Hydraulic Structures. After his PhD in Earthquake Engineering, Milan worked in engineering consultancy where he specialised in underground structures, bridges, buildings, tunnels, offshore structures and nuclear power stations. Milan joined the Benfield ReMetrics Natural Hazards Team in 1999, where his main roles include hazard/risk modelling for insurance/reinsurance purposes and vulnerability assessment. He was instrumental in creating Benfield’s cutting edge earthquake loss models. Milan is a Chartered Civil Engineer through the UK Institution of Civil Engineers and has authored many papers and magazine feature articles on the subject of earthquake loss assessment and soil-structure interaction.

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