The first piece in this series focused on the direct impact of the pandemic on the Sentinels themselves, including their staff, product offerings, communications with their customers, and operations. This second installment zooms out to look at the Sentinels in relation to the broader financial, policy, and regulatory systems that surround them, and how the Sentinels have coped with: liquidity and solvency challenges, liaising with funders, lobbying policy-makers, and understanding and implementing fast-changing rules.