This masterclass features Professor Paula Jarzabkowski, an expert in global insurance and reinsurance markets, whose research examines how we can address the protection gap for those without sufficient access to insurance. Professor Jarzabkowski draws upon her research to consider what we can learn about insurance and insurability from the COVID-19 pandemic. She considers new ways of risk sharing that we may need to respond to the threat of pandemic going forward and the role that insurance could play in that.